Comparison of push-pull versus discard method from central venous catheters for blood testing

Journal of Intravenous Nursing

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 282-285

  Holmes, Karen R ^a  

^a Legacy Meridian Park Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

ADULT; AGED; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0031659461     PISSN: 08965846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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