Full title: PREVENTION OF CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER INFECTIONS: A SURVEY OF PAEDIATRIC ICU NURSES’ KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICE Authors:
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Amanda J Ullman (also corresponding author) Senior Research Assistant; NH&MRC Centre of Research Excellence in Nursing Interventions for Hospitalised Patients, Griffith Health Institute, Griffith University, Nathan, QLD, Australia Clinical Nurse Researcher; Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Royal Children’s Hospital, Herston, QLD, Australia Contact details: Email: [email protected] Phone: +61 7 3735 7854
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تاریخ انتشار 2014