Fragmentation of care threatens patient safety in peripheral vascular catheter management in acute care--a qualitative study.

<h4>Background</h4>The use of peripheral vascular catheters (PVCs) is an extremely common and necessary clinical intervention, but inappropriate PVC care poses a major patient safety risk in terms of infection. Quality improvement initiatives have been proposed to reduce the likelihood o...

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Main Authors: Enrique Castro-Sánchez, Esmita Charani, Lydia N Drumright, Nick Sevdalis, Nisha Shah, Alison H Holmes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0086167
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