Hospital staff perspectives on the cost and efficiency of peripheral intravenous catheter use

McFadden, K., Rickard, C. M., Brown, C., Corley, A., Schults, J. A., Craswell, A., Byrnes, J. Australian Health Review DOI: 10.1071/AH24176

Abstract: Peripheral intravenous catheters (PIVCs) are required by most hospitalised patients. Difficult intravenous access (DIVA) makes insertion challenging, with poor patient outcomes, treatment delays and resource waste from multiple insertion attempts, often by multiple clinicians. This exploratory qualitative case study aimed to investigate how clinical and executive hospital staff view PIVC insertions for patients with DIVA from a cost and efficiency perspective.