Plan to Reduce Improper Care of Peripherally-inserted Central Venous Catheters in Outpatient Chemotherapy Patients
This project aims at improving peripherally-inserted central venous catheter (PICC) care in chemotherapy outpatients. From February to March 2011, 16.8% of PICCs were not cared for properly. The main problems encountered were dermatitis, catheter obstruction and catheter slippage. These problems wer...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2014-09-01
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| Series: | Journal of Cancer Research and Practice |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2311300616300337 |