Monitoring quality of care for peripheral intravenous catheters; feasibility and reliability of the peripheral intravenous catheters mini questionnaire (PIVC-miniQ)

• Egile Nagusiak: Lise Husby Høvik (Egilea), Kari Hanne Gjeilo (Egilea), Stian Lydersen (Egilea), Claire M. Rickard (Egilea), Benedikte Røtvold (Egilea), Jan Kristian Damås (Egilea), Erik Solligård (Egilea), Lise Tuset Gustad (Egilea)
• Formatua: Liburua
• Argitaratua: BMC, 2019-09-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Background Peripheral intravenous catheters (PIVCs) account for a mean of 38% of catheter associated bloodstream infections (CABSI) with Staphylococcus aureus, which are preventable if deficiencies in best practice are addressed. There exists no feasible and reliable quality surveillance to...