Critical care nurses' knowledge of evidence-based guidelines for preventing infections associated with central venous catheters: An evaluation-questionnaire

American Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 65-71

  Labeau, S ^a   Vereecke, A ^b   Vandijck, D M ^c   Claes, B ^d   Blot, S I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE GHENT   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^d ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; NURSING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY;

BACTEREMIA; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CRITICAL CARE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 41149127312     PISSN: 10623264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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