Understanding the Obstacles to Consistent Intravenous Catheter-Related Infection Reporting by Home Health Providers

Journal of Intravenous Nursing

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 320-

  Hanchett, Marilyn ^a  

^a Express Scripts   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATHETER INFECTION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VEIN CATHETERIZATION;

COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; CROSS INFECTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; HOME INFUSION THERAPY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0033360817     PISSN: 08965846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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