Improving patient safety during insertion of peripheral venous catheters: an observational intervention study

Improving patient safety during insertion of peripheral venous catheters: an observational intervention study

[english] Background: Peripheral venous catheters are frequently used in hospitalized patients but increase the risk of nosocomial bloodstream infection. Evidence-based guidelines describe specific steps that are known to reduce infection risk. However, the degree of guideline implementation in clin...

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Main Authors: Kampf, Günter, Reise, Gesche, James, Claudia, Gittelbauer, Kirsten, Gosch, Jutta, Alpers, Birgit
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House 2013-11-01
Series:GMS Hygiene and Infection Control
Subjects:
compliance
hand hygiene
peripheral venous catheter
insertion
standard operating procedure
Online Access:http://www.egms.de/static/en/journals/dgkh/2013-8/dgkh000218.shtml

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