National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards
Monitoring the implementation of this clinical care standard will help organisations to meet some of the requirements of the National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards.
What is a peripheral intravenous catheter?
What do clinicians need to know?
The Management of Peripheral Intravenous Catheters Clinical Care Standard includes ten evidence-based quality statements to promote the skillful use of peripheral intravenous catheters (PIVCs) and to reduce complications including infections.
Purpose
To minimise complications by ensuring that PIVCs are removed safely when they are no longer needed, when they malfunction or when complications develop. Replacement with a new device only occurs when IV therapy needs to continue.
Purpose
To ensure that PIVCs are promptly removed when they are no longer needed.
2021
Guide, user guide or guidelines
This information sheet provides support to hospitals on how to analyse and use their SABSI surveillance data as part of a quality improvement approach.
2020
Publication, report or update
This report provides an update on data submitted to CARAlert for the reporting period 1 September 2020 to 31 October 2020, and complements previous analyses of and updates on CARAlert data. The data update provides information to support prevention and containment of antimicrobial resistance.
2021
Newsletter
This issue includes items on COVID-19, antimicrobial stewardship in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population, safety incidents, urgent and emergency care, medication reviews, and more.