Transformational change: nurses substituting for ophthalmologists for intravitreal injections – a quality-improvement report
BACKGROUND: The dramatic increase in need for anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (anti-VEGF) intravitreal therapy in the treatment of retinal disease and the absence of an equivalent increase in ophthalmologists to undertake such intravitreal injections created a patient-safety risk. Timing of...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Dove Medical Press
2014
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3998867/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24790403 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/OPTH.S59982 |