"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

• Главные авторы: Hannah L. Brooks (Автор), Ginetta Salvalaggio (Автор), Bernadette Pauly (Автор), Kathryn Dong (Автор), Tania Bubela (Автор), Marliss Taylor (Автор), Elaine Hyshka (Автор)
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• Опубликовано: BMC, 2022-05-01T00:00:00Z.
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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...