1. Recommendations for Improving Safety Practices With Short Peripheral Catheters
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Dana Runde, Cora Vizcarra, Carolynn Cassutt, Deb Richardson, Nancy Corbitt, and Kathy Stafford
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Population ageing ,medicine.medical_specialty ,education.field_of_study ,business.industry ,Population ,Vascular access ,MEDLINE ,United States ,Peripheral ,Surgery ,Patient safety ,Infusion therapy ,Catheterization, Peripheral ,Health care ,Humans ,Medicine ,Patient Safety ,business ,Intensive care medicine ,education ,General Nursing - Abstract
The short peripheral catheter (SPC) is the most common vascular access device used in the health care arena. That use is growing every year with approximately 330 million short peripheral catheters sold in the United States in 2012. The projected growth in the US population, along with an aging population and rising morbidity rates, will contribute to an increased need for vascular access devices and infusion therapy. 1,2
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- 2014
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