Resultados: 2

Direct cost of maintenance of totally implanted central venous catheter patency

ABSTRACT Objective: to identify the average direct cost of maintaining the patency of totally implanted central venous catheter with heparin at a Day Hospital of a public hospital of high complexity specialized in the treatment of cancer patients, and estimate the average direct cost of replacing hepari...

Nurses' knowledge regarding the handling of the totally-implanted venous access device

Texto & contexto enferm; 23 (2), 2014
In the light of nurses' questions regarding the handling of the totally-implanted venous access device, this study aimed to evaluate these professionals' knowledge. This is a descriptive study with a qualitative approach, whose sample was made up of 28 nurses working on the Internal Medicine ward and in ...