Use of peripheral venous catheter (PVC) involves a risk of localized infections of the skin and generalized infections as bacteraemia and septicemia in the spread of microbes from the catheter into the bloodstream. These complications results in increased morbidity, prolonged hospitalization and high costs to treat the infections. The risk of complications increases by the number of used PVCs.
Baseline data collected on the process indicator in two different department showed an achievement rate of 10-30 %. The national Danish guidelines are updated based on the newest evidence. The guidelines will be implemented at Zealand University Hospital during 2016.
