"I have such a hard time hitting myself, I thought it'd be easier": perspectives of hospitalized patients on injecting drugs into vascular access devices

• Main Authors: Hannah L. Brooks (Author), Ginetta Salvalaggio (Author), Bernadette Pauly (Author), Kathryn Dong (Author), Tania Bubela (Author), Marliss Taylor (Author), Elaine Hyshka (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Hospital patients who use drugs may require prolonged parenteral antimicrobial therapy administered through a vascular access device (VAD). Clinicians' concerns that patients may inject drugs into these devices are well documented. However, the perspectives of patients on VA...