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A high impact intervention for a high impact intervention: Improving documentation of peripheral venous access insertion in theatre
journal contribution
posted on 2023-07-26, 14:15 authored by Kavita Upadhyaya, Heidy Hendra, Nick WilsonThe Department of Health’s ‘High Impact Intervention (HII) – Peripheral intravenous cannula care bundle’ lists six actions to be performed at the time of peripheral intravenous cannulation. Audit of compliance to these requires documentation. We assessed documentation on the anaesthetic charts of 50 surgical patients. Purpose-made stickers were then placed on all anaesthetic charts. Re-assessment of a further 50 patients’ charts demonstrated a significant improvement in documentation of the bundle post intervention (Fisher’s exact test P < 0.0001). This is an example of how a low-tech intervention can produce a high impact improvement in documentation.
History
Refereed
- Yes
Volume
19Issue number
1Page range
43-45Publication title
Journal of Infection PreventionISSN
1757-1782External DOI
Publisher
SAGELanguage
- other