Management of Peripheral Intravenous Catheters Clinical Care Standard: 07b-Proportion of patients with a PIVC in situ with the indication for insertion documented in their medical record

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Indicator
Indicator type:	Indicator
Short name:	7b-Proportion of patients with a PIVC in situ with the indication for insertion documented in their medical record
METEOR identifier:	735081
Registration status:	Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, Standard 25/05/2021
Description:	The proportion of patients with a PIVC in situ with the indication for insertion documented in their medical record.
Rationale:	The plan for a patient’s PIVC should be clear and decisions relating to the device and its condition accurately recorded and accessible to all clinicians involved in the patient’s care.
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
Population group age from:	All ages
Computation description:	Presented as a percentage.
Computation:	(Numerator ÷ Denominator) x 100
Numerator:	The number of patients with a PIVC in situ where the indication for PIVC insertion is documented in their medical record.
Denominator:	The number of patients with a PIVC in situ.
Representational attributes
Representation class:	Percentage
Data type:	Real
Unit of measure:	Person
Format:	N[NN]
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. Schults JA, Kleidon T, Chopra C, et al. International recommendations for a vascular access minimum data set: A Delphi consensus-building study. 2020. BMJ Quality & Safety.