Reminder implementation for safety in child care
- Conditions
- The study focus is on complications related to pheripheral venous catheters that are used for adminstration of medications and fluids in patients.Circulatory System
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN44819426
- Lead Sponsor
- School of Education, Health and Social Studies
- Brief Summary
2016 results in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26818599/ (added 17/12/2020)
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 1562
12 paediatric hospital wards, including neonatal and paediatric patients, with the same electronic patient record system.
1. Hospitalised Children, age 0 - 18 years, with peripheral venous catheters:
1.1. Inserted and documented in a template for peripheral venous catheters at baseline and after the intervention.
1.2. Only one peripheral venous catheter per patient was included.
Registered nurses at the 12 peadiatric wards:
1.3. Who had worked at one of the 12 wards at the time for data-collection.
Peripheral venous catheters were excluded that:
1. Lacked complete recording of reasons for removal.
Registered nurses were excluded who during the data-collection periods:
1. Had only adminstrative duties
2. Were on parental leave
3. Sick leave,
4. Doing full time studies
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Recorded occurrence of peripheral venous catheter-related complications at removal.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Registered nurses self-reported adherence to the clinical practice guideline recommendations for managing peripheral venous catheters.