Management of Peripheral Intravenous Catheters Clinical Care Standard: 08b-Proportion of patients with a PIVC in situ with a clean, dry and secure PIVC dressing
Indicator Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Indicator |
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| Indicator type: | Indicator |
| Short name: | 8b-Proportion of patients with a PIVC in situ with a clean, dry and secure PIVC dressing |
| METEOR identifier: | 735085 |
| 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 a clean, dry and secure PIVC dressing. |
| Rationale: | PIVCs should be appropriately secured, and dressings should remain clean, dry and intact to reduce the risk of PIVC failure and complications such as unintended dislodgement and infection. |
| Indicator set: | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
| Population group age from: | All ages |
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| Computation description: | Presented as a percentage. |
| Computation: | (Numerator ÷ Denominator) x 100 |
| Numerator: | The number of patients with a PIVC in situ with a clean, dry and secure PIVC dressing. |
| 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. |