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The idle intravenous catheter.

F A Lederle1, C M Parenti, L C Berskow

  • 1Department of Medicine, Minneapolis Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, MN 55417.

Annals of Internal Medicine
|May 1, 1992
PubMed
Summary

Many peripheral intravenous (IV) catheters are used unnecessarily on medical wards. Reducing non-therapeutic IV catheter use could decrease complications and improve patient care.

Area of Science:

  • Medical device utilization
  • Patient safety
  • Healthcare quality improvement

Background:

  • Peripheral intravenous (IV) catheters are common medical devices.
  • Unnecessary IV catheter use may lead to complications such as infections and phlebitis.
  • Assessing the prevalence of idle IV catheters is crucial for optimizing resource allocation and patient care.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To determine the frequency of peripheral IV catheters being left in place without therapeutic use on general medical wards.
  • To quantify the extent of unnecessary IV catheter utilization in a hospital setting.

Main Methods:

  • A prospective observational study involving chart review, patient interviews, and direct observation.
  • Conducted at a university-affiliated VA medical center across four regular-care medical wards.

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  • Data collected over a 6-week period, encompassing 959 inpatients, 484 IV catheter episodes, and 2983 patient-days of IV catheter use.

    • Main Results:

    • 35% of IV catheter episodes involved at least two consecutive idle days.
    • Only 1% of these idle catheters had a documented reason for their continued presence.
    • 17% of patients experienced an idle IV catheter for two or more consecutive days.
    • A significant 20% of all patient-days involving IV catheter use were deemed idle.

    Conclusions:

    • Peripheral IV catheters are frequently utilized unnecessarily in regular-care medical settings.
    • Reducing non-therapeutic IV catheter use is a key strategy to lower complication rates.
    • Future interventions should target both reducing unnecessary IV use and improving care for appropriately indicated catheters.