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Ovretveit, J.C., Shekelle, P.G., Dy, S.M., McDonald, K.M., Hempel, S., Pronovost, P., Rubenstein, L., Taylor, S.L., Foy, R. and Wachter, R.M. (2011) How Does Context Affect Interventions to Improve Patient Safety? An Assessment of Evidence from Studies of Five Patient Safety Practices and Proposals for Research. BMJ Quality and Safety, 20, 604-610.
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• TITLE: Reducing the Prevalence of Catheter-Related Infections by Quality Improvement: Six-Year Follow-Up Study

  AUTHORS: Dan Malm, Bo Rolander, Eva-Marie Ebefors, Lisa Conlon, Annette Nygårdh

  KEYWORDS: Bloodstream Infection, Peripheral Venous Catheter, Quality Improvement, Thrombophlebitis

  JOURNAL NAME: Open Journal of Nursing, Vol.6 No.2, February 16, 2016

  ABSTRACT: Background: Peripheral venous catheter (PVC) insertion is a crucial nursing action during life support. Several factors that increase the risk of thrombophlebitis associated with PVCs have been reported. Objective: We wish to evaluate the impact of a quality improvement regarding PVC treatment for patients with coronary heart diseases. Method: A longitudinal, quantitative observational study was carried out in 2008 and 2013 in a hospital in southern Sweden with 360 consecutive patients suffering from acute chest pain. New routines for PVC treatment were included in the hospital with daily inspection according to a checklist. A structured observation protocol was used to survey the prevalence of thrombophlebitis between 2008 and 2013. Also, we examined the relationship between the location and luminal diameters of PVCs. Results: The student’s t-test showed significant differences between 2008 and 2013 with respect to luminal diameter of PVCs (p = 0.002), prevalence of thrombophlebitis (p = 0.003) and number of days with PVC left in situ (p