Taking the leap from PICC placement to tip placement

JAVA - Journal of the Association for Vascular Access

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 148-155

  Royer, Timothy ^a,b   Earhart, Ann ^c  

^a Puget Sound Veterans Administration Health Care System   (United States)

^b Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System   (United States)

^c Banner Desert Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING ORGANIZATION; NURSING PRACTICE; PERIPHERALLY INSERTED CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PUBLICATION; RADIOLOGIST; SCOPE OF PRACTICE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VALIDATION STUDY; VASCULAR ACCESS;

EID: 34648830560     PISSN: 15528855     EISSN: 15571289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2309/java.12-3-11     Document Type: Article

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