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Abstract
Overall systems, traditional or automated, to provide medication to patients in hospitals. Elements of the system are: handling the physician's order, transcription of the order by nurse and/or pharmacist, filling the medication order, transfer to the nursing unit, and administration to the patient.
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- Drug Distribution System, Hospital
- Drug Distribution Systems, Hospital
- Hospital Drug Distribution Systems
- Hospital Medication System
- Hospital Unit Dose Drug Distribution System
- Hospital Unit Dose Drug Distribution Systems
- Medication System, Hospital
- Medication Systems, Hospital
- System Hospital Medication
- Systems, Medication Hospital
- Hospital Medication, System
- Hospital Medications, System
- Hospital System, Medication
- Hospital Systems, Medication
- Medication Hospital System
- Medication Hospital Systems
- Medication, System Hospital
- Medications, System Hospital
- System Hospital Medications
- System, Hospital Medication
- System, Medication Hospital
- Systems, Hospital Medication
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Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.
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Indexing Annotation
an organizational concept in hospital patient care for providing medication; do not confuse with DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS
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History Note
78; was HOSPITAL MEDICATION SYSTEMS 1968-77
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Previous Indexing
- Pharmacy Service, Hospital (1966-1967)
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WX 179
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Hospital Medication Systems. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D008510. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D008510
- Hospital Medication Systems. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q70373949