Can you calculate right dose? comparison of labeling type on injectable drugs’ strengths for preventing calculation errors

• In: Hospital Pharmacy Section - Poster Session
• At: Salvadore (Brazil) (2006)
• Type: Poster
• Poster code: HPS-P-020
• By: FURUKAWA, Hiroyuki (Kanazawa University Hospital, Japan)
• Co-author(s): Tsuchiya, Fumito (Tokyo Medical Dental Univ. Hospital, TOKYO, Japan)
  Zenda, Hiroshi (Japanese Society of Hospital Pharmacists, TOKYO, Japan)
  
• Abstract:

  Objective: The labeling method of injectable drugs’ strengths for preventing calculation errors is evaluated by comparing the correct answer rates to three labeling types (X% YmL, Xmg/mL YmL, Xmg/YmL).
  
  Method: Three labeling types are showed to 44 physicians, 506 nurses and 206 pharmacists by using Microsoft-Power Point for 30 seconds,..

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