Routine peripheral catheter replacement - Does evidence support its use as a quality indicator? A commentary on Jull and Griffiths (2010)

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 784-785

  Vardi, Moshe ^a  

^a CARMEL MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Intravascular catheters; Preventive medicine; Quality indicators

Indexed keywords

CATHETERIZATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; NOTE;

CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 79957913993     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2010.10.012     Document Type: Note

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