title: [The quality assessment of the management of venous catheters].
abstract: A study was conducted in 2009 at Nantes University Hospital (44) to assess nurses' knowledge and practices with regard to dressing rehabilitation and the changing of central venous catheter IV lines in conventional hospital departments, excluding intensive care units. A self-assessment questionnaire was used along with direct observations in the wards, involving health care professionals.
authors.affiliation: Unité de gestion du risque infectieux, service de bactériologie-hygiène, CHU de Nantes, France.
authors.forename: Maryline
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Boidé
authors.forename: Céline
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bourigault
authors.forename: Anne-Claire Guille
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: des Buttes
authors.forename: Didier
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lepelletier
mesh_terms: D002405:Catheterization, Central Venous / Q000451:nursing*; D054869:Clinical Audit; D002983:Clinical Competence; D005602:France; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care