Educational or Organizational Approach: Which is More Effective in Changing Blood-Sampling Habits?

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1479-1482

  Gonano, Christopher ^a,b,c   Sitzwohl, Christian ^a   Pusch, Franz ^a   Kettner, Stephan C ^a,b   Weinstabl, Christian ^a   Zimpfer, Michael ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR LUNG VASCULAR RESEARCH   (Austria)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYRINGE;

EID: 0142212369     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000087063.12744.73     Document Type: Article

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