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 |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2014-01-01
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| Series: | PLoS ONE |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0086167 |
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