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Make catheter care safer for your patients and faster for your clinicians
Make catheter care safer for your patients and faster for your clinicians
With BD PosiFlush™ Pre-Filled Saline Syringes
Because so much is on the line…
Because so much is on the line…
Still using manually prepared saline syringes?
Pre-filled saline syringes are shown to save clinicians up to 10 minutes per patient per day*,1
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*For 5 flushes a day depending on frequency (e.g., daily flush plus before and after each medication dose).
IV catheter-related complications
Patients safety
Clinician safety and time
Hospital costs and reputation
Confidence in using pre-filled saline syringes
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Reducing the risk of
IV catheter-related complications
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Peace of mind with quality devices to deliver patient care
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Standardised flushing best practices to care for every catheter
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Implementing a seamless transition, from audit to training
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Stats
0
%
Up to
of all hospital inpatients require IV therapy1
0
Up to
%
of central lines need
to be removed prior to completion of therapy2
0
%
Up to
of peripheral IVs don’t meet their intended dwell time and need to be removed prematurely1
Variations in practice and lack of standardisation can lead to IV catheter failures, with complication rates as high as
0
%
3
IV catheters fail largely due to preventable complications such as, but not limited to1:
CABSIs*
Occlusions
Phlebitis
Dislodgement
*The Infusion Nurses Society (INS) Standards of Practice 2021 Committee is using the terminology Catheter Associated Bloodstream Infections or CABSIs to refer to bloodstream infections originating from either peripheral intravenous catheters and/or central vascular access devices, given the variability in international definitions, outcome reporting and application of the terms catheter-related bloodstream infection (CR-BSI) and central line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI).4
References
- Helm RE, Klausner JD, Klemperer JD, Flint LM, Huang E. Accepted but unacceptable: peripheral IV catheter failure. J Infus Nurs. 2015;38(3):189-203. doi: 10.1097/NAN.0000000000000100
- Ullman AJ, Marsh N, Mihala G, Cooke M, Rickard CM. Complications of central venous access devices: a systematic review. Pediatrics. 2015;136(5):e1331-44. doi: 10.1542/peds.2015-1507
- Oyler V, Nagar T, Nedbalek C, et al. Improving Vascular Access Outcomes for Patients, Healthcare Workers, and the Institution. Poster published by: University of Kansas Health System Health; 2017; Kansas City, KS.
- Tian L, Zhou T, Ma A, et al. Meta -analysis on the Clinical Effectiveness of Prefilled Saline Syringes. Chinese Nursing Management. 2017;17(11):1545-1555.