Abstract
This article reports the results of a clinical audit conducted to assess the minimum requirements for safe maintenance of peripheral intravenous catheters. The audit also determined the incidence of phlebitis and attempted to establish a causal relationship between some of the variables used to assess a catheter's maintenance status and the development of phlebitis.
MeSH terms
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Arm
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Catheterization, Peripheral / adverse effects
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Catheterization, Peripheral / nursing*
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Catheterization, Peripheral / statistics & numerical data
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Hand
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Humans
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Infusions, Intravenous / adverse effects
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Infusions, Intravenous / nursing*
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Infusions, Intravenous / statistics & numerical data
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Nursing Audit
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Nursing Process
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Phlebitis / epidemiology*
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Phlebitis / etiology
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Phlebitis / prevention & control*
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Portugal / epidemiology
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Surgery Department, Hospital