Articles Vol. 63 No. 2 (2022) 06/04/2022

Asessing Adherence to the Use and Remove of peripheral intravenous (IV) catheter amongst nurses at An Giang Center General Hospital in 2021

Le Thi Tuyet Anh1,2, Nguyen Thuy Quynh3,4, Duong Minh Duc3,4
1 An Giang Center General Hospital
2 Bệnh viện đa khoa Trung tâm An Giang
3 Hanoi University of Public Health
4 Trường Đại học Y tế Công cộng
Corresponding author: dmd@huph.edu.vn
DOI: 10.52163/yhc.v63i2.294
37 Views
0 Downloads
Keywords
Peripheral intravenous (IV) catheter, nurses, An Giang Center General Hospital.
Abstract

Objective: This study assesses investigate the incidence of adherence of nurses and its association with the Use and Remove of peripheral intravenous (IV) catheter in hospitalized adults at An Giang Center General Hospital in Vietnam in 2021.

Methods: This cross-sectional study (quantitative method) was conducted within 2 months (April-June/2021) at An Giang Center General Hospital. Quantitative data was collected by observation checklist for all 152 nurses during their Use of peripheral IV catheter and following catheter removal. Data was analyzed using SPSS ver 25.0.

Findings: The rate of adherence to the use of peripheral IV catheter of nurses was 54.0%, of which the highest rate was 76% of the nurses in the Internal Medicine Department and the lowest rate was 42% of the nurses in the Emergency Department and the Intensive Care Department. Regarding the removal of peripheral IV catheter of nurses, the rate of adherence of nurses was 68.4%. In which, the highest rate was 79.6% of the nurses in the Internal Medicine Department and 58.0% of the nurses in the the Emergency Department and the Intensive Care Department.

Conclusions: An Giang Center General Hospital needs to promote communication, training, monitoring and evaluation for nurses to properly adhrere to the use of peripheral IV catheters (PIC) and following their removal.

References
[1]
Hanh TT, Binh LT, Nursing Technique (Textbook for general nurses in secondary schools), Medical Publishing House, 2015. Google Scholar
[2]
Bay VV, Hien PTTT, Mai TTP, et al., Intravenous Fluid Therapy at Department of General Medicine B1, Thong Nhat hospital. The Ho Chi Minh Journal of Medicine. 2012;16(1):111-114. Google Scholar
[3]
Ministry of Health. Intravenous Fluid Regulation. Medical Publishing House, 2008. Google Scholar
[4]
Gahlot R, Nigam C, Kumar V, et al., Catheter-related bloodstream infections. International Journal of Critical Illness and Injury Science, 2014; 4(2):162-7. Google Scholar
[5]
Blot SI, Depuydt P, Annemans L, et al., Clinical and economic outcomes in critically ill patients with nosocomial catheter-related bloodstream infections. Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2005; 41(11):1591-8. Google Scholar
[6]
Son NK, The Use and Remove of peripheral intravenous (IV) catheter amongst nurses at three departments of resuscitation in National Pediatric Hospital in 2014. Hanoi University of Public Health, 2014. Google Scholar
[7]
Phuong NTK, Thanh OH, Cua LN, et al., Adherence to peripheral intravenous (IV) catheter amongst nurses at Can Tho Pediatric Hospital in 2017. Vietnam Journal of Community Medicine, 2017; 41:58-62. Google Scholar
[8]
Vi TNT, Thuy HTT, Adherence to the Use and Remove of peripheral intravenous (IV) catheter in prevention sepsis syndrom in Binh Thanh district hospital in 2019. Binh Thanh District Hospital, 2014. Google Scholar