Open AccessQuality Improvement Initiative to Reduce Intravenous Line-related Infiltration and Phlebitis Incidence in Pediatric Emergency Room
Author(s) -
Neelima Singh,
Geetanjli Kalyan,
Sukhwinder Kaur,
Muralidharan Jayashree,
Sandhya Ghai
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
indian journal of critical care medicine/indian journal of critical care medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.317
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1998-359X
pISSN - 0972-5229
DOI - 10.5005/jp-journals-10071-23818
Subject(s) - medicine , pdca , checklist , psychological intervention , quality management , emergency medicine , incidence (geometry) , infiltration (hvac) , adverse effect , nursing , operations management , optics , cognitive psychology , thermodynamics , psychology , management system , physics , economics
To reduce the incidence of infiltration and phlebitis by 50% over 2 months among children admitted to the emergency room (ER) of a tertiary care hospital.