Switching from heparinized saline flush to normal saline flush for maintaining peripheral venous catheter patency
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Switching from heparinized saline flush to normal saline flush for maintaining peripheral venous catheter patency.
BACKGROUND The practice of using heparinized saline as a flush fluid for maintaining peripheral venous catheter patency of hospitalized patients in Siriraj Hospital in Bangkok, Thailand is not evidence-based. OBJECTIVE To switch from heparinized saline flush to normal saline flush for maintaining peripheral venous catheter patency in the patients hospitalized to medical wards. METHODS Study...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal for Quality in Health Care
سال: 2006
ISSN: 1464-3677,1353-4505
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzi107