Home intravenous antimicrobial service - Twelve months experience in Christchurch

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 115, Issue 1153, 2002, Pages 216-218

  Chambers, Stephen ^a   Gallagher, Kate ^a   Metcalf, Sarah ^a   Pithie, Alan ^a  

^a CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEFAZOLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; FLUCLOXACILLIN; GANCICLOVIR; GENTAMICIN; METICILLIN; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BONE DISEASE; BURSITIS; CATHETER INFECTION; CELLULITIS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFUSION PUMP; INFUSION SYSTEM; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCLUSION; PATIENT SELECTION; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR SYSTEM; PHLEBITIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN DISEASE; SOFT TISSUE DISEASE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES, HOSPITAL-BASED; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0037053257     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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