title: The maintenance of totally implanted venous access devices: When the difference is made by the nursing practice: Correspondence about the paper "Normal saline versus heparin solution to lock totally implanted venous access devices: Results from a multicenter randomized trial" by Dal Molin et al. (EJON 19;2015:638-643).
authors.affiliation: European Institute of Oncology (IEO), Milan, Italy; University of Milan, Italy. Electronic address: alessandra.milani@ieo.it.
authors.forename: Alessandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Milani
mesh_terms: D002405:Catheterization, Central Venous; D002408:Catheters, Indwelling; D006493:Heparin; D006801:Humans; D012965:Sodium Chloride
chemical_list: D012965:Sodium Chloride; D006493:Heparin
keywords: Flushing; Heparin; Indwelling catheter; Normal saline; Nursing