Research Article

Drug Dosage Administration Assistant for Nurses: DruDAA

by  Richard O. Oyeleke, Femi O. Alamu, Seun O. Fagbemi
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International Journal of Computer Applications
Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Volume 66 - Issue 13
Published: March 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

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                        author  = { Richard O. Oyeleke,Femi O. Alamu,Seun O. Fagbemi },
                        title   = { Drug Dosage Administration Assistant for Nurses: DruDAA },
                        journal = { International Journal of Computer Applications },
                        year    = { 2013 },
                        volume  = { 66 },
                        number  = { 13 },
                        pages   = { 11-17 },
                        doi     = { 10.5120/11143-6225 },
                        publisher = { Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA }
                        }
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                        %A Richard O. Oyeleke
                        %A Femi O. Alamu
                        %A Seun O. Fagbemi
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                        %J International Journal of Computer Applications
                        %V 66
                        %N 13
                        %P 11-17
                        %R 10.5120/11143-6225
                        %I Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
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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Computer Science
Information Sciences
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Keywords

Drug Calculation Drug Dosage Administration Drug Administration Error

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