title: Vascular access devices: meeting patients' needs.
abstract: The traditional approach to vascular access involves peripheral venipuncture until all veins are exhausted. If therapy is to continue, a central venous catheter is inserted. Currently, the process now emphasizes making an appropriate assessment early in the course of therapy. Selecting and inserting the device which has the greatest potential for reaching the therapeutic endpoint minimizes the number of devices and insertion procedures needed, and reduces risks and patient discomfort.
authors.affiliation: Hadaway and Associates, Milner, GA, USA.
authors.forename: L C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Hadaway
mesh_terms: D002408:Catheters, Indwelling; D006801:Humans; D007262:Infusions, Intravenous / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000451:nursing*; D013527:Perioperative Nursing / Q000379:methods