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The Millennium Bug—Do We Have the Right Antibiotics?
Author(s) -
Remmert Kurt W.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
aorn journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.222
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1878-0369
pISSN - 0001-2092
DOI - 10.1016/s0001-2092(06)62465-4
Subject(s) - scope (computer science) , ask price , business , operations management , public relations , medicine , computer science , political science , economics , finance , programming language
This article introduces readers to the scope of the Year 2000 (Y2K) issue. In addition to describing how this problem came to be, the author examines the extent of the problem as defined by professionals in information technology. The author also explores what the cost of fixing the problem may be and what industry is doing to mitigate the effects the Y2K bug will have on patient care, supplies, and financial operations. The author expresses the need for caregivers to have a greater interest in the problem and to ask questions about what is being done at individual institutions. AORN J 69 (March 1999) 542–550.