Expensive equipment—a guide to purchasing
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Functional evaluation and practice survey to guide purchasing of intravenous cannulae
BACKGROUND There are wide variations in the physical designs and attributes between different brands of intravenous cannulae that makes product selection and purchasing difficult. In a systematic assessment to guide purchasing, we assessed two cannulae - Cannula P and I. We proposed that the results of in-vitro performance testing of the cannulae would be associated with preference after clinic...
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عنوان ژورنال: Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1618-2642,1618-2650
DOI: 10.1007/s00216-008-2392-2