Infusion teams in acute care hospitals: Call for a business approach: An infusion nurses society white paper

Journal of Infusion Nursing

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 356-360

  Hadaway, Lynn ^a   Dalton, Lisa ^a   Mercanti Erieg, Lorraine ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DELIVERY; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; EMERGENCY CARE; EXTRAVASATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INFUSION; LAW SUIT; MEDICAID; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICARE; MEDICATION ERROR; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; NERVE INJURY; NURSING CARE; NURSING MANAGEMENT; NURSING STAFF; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERIPHERAL VEIN; PERIPHERALLY INSERTED CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; RESPIRATORY THERAPIST; SCORING SYSTEM; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; VASCULAR ACCESS; VEIN PUNCTURE;

HOSPITALS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MODELS, NURSING; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL;

EID: 84884217203     PISSN: 15331458     EISSN: 15390667     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NAN.0b013e3182a123a9     Document Type: Article

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