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[The evaluation of unnecessary venous access ports in an emergency service]
L Velasco Díaz1, B Fernández González, S García Ríos
1Servicio de Urgencias, Hospital Valle del Nalón, Asturias. lvdiaz@ingterbook.net
Background:
To determine the incidence of unnecessary cannulations of peripheral veins in an emergency department (ED).
Methods:
We retrospectively analyzed a sample of 1,113 patients from a total of 24,637 who were attended at ED. We reviewed the cannulations of peripheral veins and if they was used or not.
Results:
In 202 (18.5%) cases, venous access was obtained. In 84 (41.6%) the venous access was not used.
Conclusion:
The unnecessary use of venous cannulations is a common practice and generates a substantial added cost of poor quality.
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