Are your skin-prep and catheter maintenance techniques up-to-date?

Nursing

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 15-16

  Moureau, Nancy L ^a  

^a PICC Excellence Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORHEXIDINE; TOPICAL ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; BANDAGE; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTRADERMAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; METHODOLOGY; NURSING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SKIN CARE; STANDARD;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; BANDAGES; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CHLORHEXIDINE; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SKIN CARE;

EID: 67651037507     PISSN: 03604039     EISSN: 15388689     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NURSE.0000350748.18788.3b     Document Type: Article

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