Hospital-wide survey of the adequacy in the number of vascular catheters and catheter lumens

Journal of Hospital Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 35-41

  Fernández Ruiz, Mario ^a,b   Carretero, Alberto ^a,b   Díaz, David ^a,b   Fuentes, Cristina ^a,b   González, José Ignacio ^a,b   García Reyne, Ana ^a,b   Aguado, José María ^a,b   López Medrano, Francisco ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

^b SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY CATHETER; ARTICLE; CATHETER; CATHETER CARE; CATHETER INFECTION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIALYSIS CATHETER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRAVASCULAR CATHETER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE LUMEN TUBE; PERIPHERAL VENOUS CATHETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL WARD; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; CROSS INFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS;

EID: 84891663677     PISSN: 15535592     EISSN: 15535606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jhm.2130     Document Type: Article

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