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- Title
COVID-19 and the management and care of peripheral intravenous catheters.
- Authors
Lauchlan Helland, Eirin; Husby Høvik, Lise; Tuset Gustad, Lise; Hanne Gjeilo, Kari
- Abstract
Background: During the COVID619 pandemic, hospitals implemented several infection control measures that could affect the quality of insertion and management of peripheral intravenous catheters $PIVCs). Pre-pandemic studies found a high rate of PIVC complications, but no studies to date have assessed the quality during the pandemic period. Objective: This prospective study aimed to investigate the effect of the pandemic on PIVC management and care. Method: Data were collected from adult patients $
- Subjects
NORWAY; EVIDENCE-based nursing; CROSS-sectional method; PEARSON correlation (Statistics); INFECTION control; ACADEMIC medical centers; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICAL sampling; FISHER exact test; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; MANN Whitney U Test; LONGITUDINAL method; SURVEYS; PERIPHERAL central venous catheterization; INTRACLASS correlation; STATISTICS; COMPARATIVE studies; DATA analysis software; COVID-19 pandemic; NONPARAMETRIC statistics
- Publication
Norwegian Journal of Clinical Nursing / Sykepleien Forskning, 2024, p1
- ISSN
1890-2936
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4220/Sykepleienf.2024.95645en