Management of Peripheral Intravenous Catheters Clinical Care Standard: 03- Evidence of a locally approved policy that ensures healthcare professionals are competent in PIVC insertion, monitoring, and removal

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Indicator
Indicator type:	Indicator
Short name:	3-Evidence of a locally approved policy that ensures healthcare professionals are competent in PIVC insertion, monitoring, and removal
METEOR identifier:	732559
Registration status:	Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, Standard 25/05/2021
Description:	Evidence of a locally approved policy that ensures healthcare professionals are competent in PIVC insertion, monitoring, and removal.
Rationale:	PIVCs should be inserted, maintained, and removed by appropriately skilled members of the healthcare team to minimise the risk of trauma to the patient.
Indicator set:	Clinical care standard indicators: Management of Peripheral Intravenous Catheters Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, Standard 25/05/2021

Collection and usage attributes
Computation description:	Evidence of a locally approved policy that defines the: Competency a clinician must demonstrate to insert a PIVC, including for more complex and technology assisted insertions Competency a clinician must demonstrate to monitor and remove a PIVCs Organisation’s process to assess and monitor the ongoing competency of clinicians, including for more complex insertions, and Organisation’s process to assess adherence to the policy.
Computation:	Yes/No A healthcare setting that has documented evidence of a locally approved policy that is implemented should record ‘Yes.’ Otherwise, the healthcare setting should record ‘No.’
Representational attributes
Representation class:	Count
Data type:	Real
Unit of measure:	Service event
Format:	Yes/No
Source and reference attributes
Submitting organisation:	Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care
Reference documents:	Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care 2021. Peripheral Venous Access clinical care standard. Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, Sydney.