Care of peripheral intravenous catheters in three hospitals in Spain: Mapping clinical outcomes and implementation of clinical practice guidelines

Background Peripheral intravenous catheters (PIVCs) are the most widely used invasive devices worldwide. Up to 42% of PIVCs are prematurely removed during intravenous therapy due to failure. To date, there have been few systematic attempts in European hospitals to measure adherence to recommendation...

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Main Authors: Ian Blanco-Mavillard, Gaizka Parra-García, Ismael Fernández-Fernández, Miguel Ángel Rodríguez-Calero, Celia Personat-Labrador, Enrique Castro-Sánchez, Itamar Ashkenazi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7531784/?tool=EBI