Management of Peripheral Intravenous Catheters Clinical Care Standard: 05a-Evidence of a locally approved policy that defines the local protocol to support PIVC insertion on first attempt

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Indicator
Indicator type:	Indicator
Short name:	5a-Evidence of a locally approved policy that defines the local protocol to support PIVC insertion on first attempt
METEOR identifier:	733362
Registration status:	Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, Standard 25/05/2021
Description:	Evidence of a locally approved policy that defines the local protocol to support PIVC insertion on first attempt.
Rationale:	Multiple failed insertion attempts increase the risk of device failure, cause patients undue pain and anxiety and can reduce access to veins for future health needs.
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:	The policy should specify the: Risk assessment process that should be used to identify patients for whom insertion of a PIVC may be more complex Situations when staff should escalate PIVC insertion to more experienced staff and the process to follow Clinical situations when more than one attempt is appropriate, and Organisation’s process to assess adherence to, and outcomes of 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.