Improving difficult peripheral intravenous access requires thought, training and technology (DART3): a stepped-wedge, cluster randomised controlled trial protocol

• Main Authors: Jessica A Schults (Author), Nicole Marsh (Author), Amanda J Ullman (Author), Tricia M Kleidon (Author), Robert S Ware (Author), Joshua Byrnes (Author), Emily Young (Author), Lisa Hall (Author), Gerben Keijzers (Author), Louise Cullen (Author), Pauline Calleja (Author), Steven McTaggart (Author), Nathan Peters (Author), Stuart Watkins (Author), Amanda Corley (Author), Christine Brown (Author), Zhen Lin (Author), Frances Williamson (Author), Luke Burgess (Author), Fiona Macfarlane (Author), Marie Cooke (Author), Callan Battley (Author), Claire M Rickard (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

Abstract Background Peripheral intravenous catheters (PIVCs) are the most used invasive medical device in healthcare. Yet around half of insertion attempts are unsuccessful leading to delayed medical treatments and patient discomfort of harm. Ultrasound-guided PIVC (USGPIVC) insertion is an evidence...