Plan to Reduce Improper Care of Peripherally-inserted Central Venous Catheters in Outpatient Chemotherapy Patients

Plan to Reduce Improper Care of Peripherally-inserted Central Venous Catheters in Outpatient Chemotherapy Patients

This project aims at improving peripherally-inserted central venous catheter (PICC) care in chemotherapy outpatients. From February to March 2011, 16.8% of PICCs were not cared for properly. The main problems encountered were dermatitis, catheter obstruction and catheter slippage. These problems wer...

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Main Authors:	Shu-Mei Chen, Hui-Chuan Shih, Ling-Hua Wang, William Tao-Hsin Tung
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2014-09-01
Series:	Journal of Cancer Research and Practice
Subjects:	chemotherapy peripheral inserted central venous catheter nursing care guidelines
Online Access:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2311300616300337

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