Pettit D M, Kraus V
Department of Outcomes Evaluation and Management, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, USA.
Nurs Clin North Am. 1995 Sep;30(3):495-506.
The purpose of this research utilization project was to determine if a sufficient research base was present to support the use of gauze rather than transparent dressings for peripheral intravenous catheter sites. The research articles reviewed in this article do not support a relationship between dressing type and complications of peripheral intravenous catheters.
