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Reasons for Removal of Emergency Department–Inserted Peripheral Intravenous Cannulae in Admitted Patients: A Retrospective Medical Chart Audit in Australia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 2016

Peter J. Carr ,
James Rippey ,
Tim Moore ,
Hanh Ngo ,
Marie L. Cooke ,
Niall S. Higgins  and
Claire M. Rickard
Peter J. Carr
Affiliation:
Emergency Medicine, School of Primary, Aboriginal and Rural Health Care, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Services, The University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Australia School of Nursing and Midwifery, Alliance for Vascular Access Teaching and Research Group, Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia
James Rippey
Affiliation:
Emergency Medicine, School of Primary, Aboriginal and Rural Health Care, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Services, The University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Australia Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre, Nedlands, Perth, Western Australia.
Tim Moore
Affiliation:
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre, Nedlands, Perth, Western Australia.
Hanh Ngo
Affiliation:
Emergency Medicine, School of Primary, Aboriginal and Rural Health Care, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Services, The University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Australia
Marie L. Cooke
Affiliation:
School of Nursing and Midwifery, Alliance for Vascular Access Teaching and Research Group, Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia
Niall S. Higgins
Affiliation:
School of Nursing and Midwifery, Alliance for Vascular Access Teaching and Research Group, Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia
Claire M. Rickard
Affiliation:
School of Nursing and Midwifery, Alliance for Vascular Access Teaching and Research Group, Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 37 , Issue 7 , July 2016 , pp. 874 - 876
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© 2016 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved 

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