The epic3 recommendation that clinically indicated replacement of peripheral venous catheters is safe and cost-saving: How much would the NHS save?

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 183-184

  Tuffaha, H W ^a,b   Rickard, C M ^a,b,c   Inwood, S ^d,e   Gordon, L ^a,b   Scuffham, P ^a,b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d ROYAL BERKSHIRE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEVICE SAFETY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL DEVICE COMPLICATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PERIPHERAL VENOUS CATHETER; PHLEBITIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); VEIN CATHETERIZATION; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CATHETERIZATION; HEALTH CARE COST;

CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS;

EID: 84903462043     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: 15322939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2014.04.004     Document Type: Letter

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