Obtaining blood samples from peripheral intravenous catheters: Best practice?

American Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 474-478

  Halm, Margo A ^a   Gleaves, Melissa ^b  

^a United Hospital   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CATHETERIZATION; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL;

BENCHMARKING; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS;

EID: 77956197602     PISSN: 10623264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4037/ajcc2009686     Document Type: Article

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