Improving patient safety during insertion of peripheral venous catheters: an observational intervention study

• Main Authors: Kampf, Günter (Author), Reise, Gesche (Author), James, Claudia (Author), Gittelbauer, Kirsten (Author), Gosch, Jutta (Author), Alpers, Birgit (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House, 2013-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

[english] Background: Peripheral venous catheters are frequently used in hospitalized patients but increase the risk of nosocomial bloodstream infection. Evidence-based guidelines describe specific steps that are known to reduce infection risk. However, the degree of guideline implementation in clin...