Increased knowledge of safe and appropriate penicillin injection after viewing brief instructional video titled "how to inject bicillin LA"

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 147-148

  Gertler, Sarah ^a   Ahrens, Katherine ^b   Klausner, Jeffrey D ^b,c  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c SAN FRANCISCO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZATHINE PENICILLIN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BUTTOCK; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMAN; INJECTION; INJECTION SITE; MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST; NURSE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; STAFF TRAINING; SYPHILIS; VIDEORECORDING;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; PENICILLIN G BENZATHINE; SYPHILIS; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 62849093586     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e31818f9559     Document Type: Article

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