Evaluation of a weekly flushing policy for central venous catheters
The standard nursing protocol for central venous catheter (CVC) care at the Cross Cancer Institute was recently changed from daily flushing to 100 units/ml hepainized normal saline to weekly flshing with 10 units/ml heparinized normal saline. The purpose of this study was to determine whether there...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Pappin Communications
1996-04-01
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Series: | Canadian Oncology Nursing Journal |
Online Access: | http://www.canadianoncologynursingjournal.com/index.php/conj/article/view/510/511 |