Journal article
Patient preference for needleless factor VIII reconstitution device: the Italian experience
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Needlestick injuries, mostly due to unsafe needle devices, are a frequent adverse event among health care workers and patients on chronic treatment, such as hemophiliacs. To improve the safety of these procedures, a needleless reconstitution system, Bio-Set((R)) has been implemented for the sucrose-formulated recombinant factor VIII (rFVIII-FS) Kogenate((R)) Bayer (Bayer Healthcare, Berlin, Germany). The aim of this study was to …
Authors
Musso R; Santoro R; Coppola A; Marcucci M; Sottilotta G; Targhetta R; Zanon E; Franchini M
Journal
International Journal of General Medicine, Vol. 3, No. 0, pp. 203–208
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Publication Date
July 21, 2010
DOI
10.2147/ijgm.s12096
ISSN
1178-7074