Medical devices: Promoting a safe migration into the home

Home Healthcare Nurse

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 298-304

  Weick Brady, Mary D ^a,d   Lazerow, Robert N ^b,c  

^a CENTER FOR DEVICES AND RADIOLOGICAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SOCIAL AND SCIENTIFIC SYSTEMS INC   (United States)

^d CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; CASE REPORT; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; EQUIPMENT; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HOME CARE; HUMAN; NURSE ATTITUDE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; POSTMARKETING SURVEILLANCE; PUBLIC RELATIONS; SAFETY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; NURSE'S ROLE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRODUCT SURVEILLANCE, POSTMARKETING; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 33745766169     PISSN: 0884741X     EISSN: 15390713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004045-200605000-00006     Document Type: Review

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