Role of nursing unit factors on performance of phlebotomy and subsequent blood culture contamination rates

Journal of Nursing Care Quality

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 176-181

  Weddle, Gina ^a   Jackson, Mary Anne ^a   Cox, Karen ^a   Selvarangan, Rangaraj ^a  

^a CHILDREN S MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood culture; Contamination rates; Nursing workload; Pediatrics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; EQUIPMENT; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; NURSING; PEDIATRIC NURSING; PHLEBOTOMY; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CHILD; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; LINEAR MODELS; PEDIATRIC NURSING; PHLEBOTOMY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; SEPSIS;

EID: 77949372736     PISSN: 10573631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NCQ.0b013e3181becbe9     Document Type: Article

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