Injury rates from peripheral catheters with or without safety devices in a Brazilian public hospital

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 853-854

  de Carvalho, Priscila do Carmo Freitas ^a   Reis, Renata Karina ^b   Pereira, Fernanda Maria Vieira ^b   Malaguti Toffano, Silmara Elaine ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO JOÃO DEL REI   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TRIÂNGULO MINEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAZILIAN; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DEVICE SAFETY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INJURY; INTRAVASCULAR CATHETER; LETTER; PERIPHERAL CATHETER; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; ADVERSE DEVICE EFFECT; BRAZIL; CATHETERIZATION; INDWELLING CATHETER; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; UTILIZATION;

BRAZIL; CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; PROTECTIVE DEVICES;

EID: 84961190586     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2016.01.022     Document Type: Letter

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