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Drug Dosage Administration Assistant for Nurses: DruDAA
| International Journal of Computer Applications |
| Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA |
| Volume 66 - Number 13 |
| Year of Publication: 2013 |
| Authors: Richard O. Oyeleke, Femi O. Alamu, Seun O. Fagbemi |
10.5120/11143-6225
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Richard O. Oyeleke, Femi O. Alamu, Seun O. Fagbemi . Drug Dosage Administration Assistant for Nurses: DruDAA. International Journal of Computer Applications. 66, 13 ( March 2013), 11-17. DOI=10.5120/11143-6225
Abstract
The prevalence of drug administration errors and its associated harmful effect on patient calls for a new and effective approach in minimising their occurrence in nursing drug administration activities. DruDAA is an application developed using C-Sharp programming language on Microsoft visual studio 2005. As drug calculations often appear so rigorous and daunting, DruDAA offers a simplified approach for computing required drug dosage to be administered to patients.
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