Implementing best practice for peripheral intravenous cannula use in Australian emergency departments: a stepped-wedge cluster-controlled trial and health economic analysis protocol

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Implementing best practice for peripheral intravenous cannula use in Australian emergency departments: a stepped-wedge cluster-controlled trial and health economic analysis protocol

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IntroductionOver one billion adults attend emergency departments (EDs) internationally every year, including 6.6 million in Australia. Up to half of these patients have a peripheral intravenous catheter (PIVC) inserted. Although healthcare workers believe that placing a cannula is helpful (‘just in case’), PIVCs often remain idle. PIVC insertion is painful for patients, takes clinicians’ attention away from other care, has adverse outcomes and causes major economic and environmental burden. O...

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01 Jul, 2025

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Diana Egerton-Warburton / Lisa Kuhn / Joanne Enticott / Sundy Ni-Yen Yang / Paul Buntine / Emily Callander / Louise Cullen / Daniel Fatovich / Carolyn Hullick / Leah Heiss / Gerben Keijzers / Long Khanh-Dao Le / Cathy Mihalopoulos / Julia Morphet / Gerard O’Reilly / Bibesh Pokhrel / Claire Rickard / Viet Tran / Peter Cameron / Helena J Teede

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Australia / Cannula / Catheterization, Peripheral / Emergency Service, Hospital / Humans / Practice Guidelines as Topic / Emergency Departments / HEALTH ECONOMICS / Implementation Science / Nursing Care / Quality in health care / Health services and systems / Other health sciences / Biomedical and clinical sciences / Psychology / Health sciences / Clinical sciences

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