The handling of peripheral venous catheters – from non‐compliance to evidence‐based needs

Daniella Hasselberg, Bodil Ivarsson, Roland Andersson and Bobby Tingstedt

Journal of Clinical Nursing, 2010, vol. 19, issue 23‐24, 3358-3363

Abstract: Aim. To study nurses’ compliance to national guidelines (Sweden) for peripheral venous catheters and to establish the complication frequency connected to time in situ and bore size. Background. Worldwide, there are no standard peripheral venous catheters guidelines, and the need for elective replacement has been challenged. Furthermore, the time interval and need for elective change of peripheral venous catheters has cost implications for hospitals. Design. Prospective register study. Methods. The health care professionals in one surgical ward in a university hospital in the south of Sweden prospectively registered peripheral venous catheters parameters. Four hundred and thirteen peripheral venous catheters were registered for time in situ, size and complications. A cost analysis was performed. Non‐parametric statistics were used, and p

Date: 2010
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