Management of Peripheral Intravenous Catheters Clinical Care Standard: 09-Proportion of patients with a PIVC in situ who have been assessed in the last 24 hours to determine the ongoing need for their PIVC

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Indicator
Indicator type:	Indicator
Short name:	9-Proportion of patients with a PIVC in situ who have been assessed in the last 24 hours to determine the ongoing need for their PIVC
METEOR identifier:	735087
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 who have been assessed in the last 24 hours to determine the ongoing need for their PIVC.
Rationale:	The need for a PIVC should be regularly reviewed and the PIVC promptly removed if it is are no longer needed.
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:	The numerator and denominator include patients with a PIVC in situ with a dwell time ≧ 24 hours. Time of last assessment must be documented in the patient's medical record. Presented as a percentage.
Computation:	(Numerator ÷ Denominator) x 100
Numerator:	The number of patients with a PIVC in situ who have been assessed in the last 24 hours to determine the ongoing need for their PIVC.
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.