Improving Waiting Time for Chemotherapy with Ahead-of-Time Drug Preparation.

Waiting time for chemotherapy infusion is a fundamental factor to measure quality of care. It has been shown that a prolonged waiting time is related to a higher incidence of anticipatory nausea and poor patient adherence to scheduled appointments and recommended oncology treatment programs. Some chemotherapy regimens can be prepared hours ahead-of-time, due to long stability.

Semi-Structured Interviews to Evaluate a BCMA Implementation Trouble Areas.

Errors in medication administration involve risks to patient safety. "Bar-Coding Medication Administration" is implemented to prevent these errors. Adoption by nurses is one of the main determinants of their effectiveness.