The effect of syringe size on reliability and safety of low-flow infusions

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 592-596

  Neal, D'Anne ^a   Lin, James A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical nursing research; Intravenous infusions; Medication errors; Methodologic studies; Nursing methodology research; Pediatric intensive care units

Indexed keywords

ALARM MONITOR; ARTICLE; FLOW RATE; INFUSION PUMP; INFUSION RATE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; OCCLUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SAFETY; STEADY STATE; SYRINGE; TUBE FLOW; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; LINEAR MODELS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SYRINGES;

EID: 70349902553     PISSN: 15297535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PCC.0b013e3181a0e2e9     Document Type: Article

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