Clinical Trial: A Brief Intervention by Nurses to Reduce the Prescribing of Occluded Peripheral Venous Catheters in the Emergency Department

U.S., May 14 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07584590) titled 'A Brief Intervention by Nurses to Reduce the Prescribing of Occluded Peripheral Venous Catheters in the Emergency Department' on March 27.

Brief Summary: Peripheral venous catheters are frequently inserted in hospitals, with approximately 25 million placed annually in France (HAS data, 2005). The occluded peripheral venous catheter with extension tubing has become the standard in some emergency departments, offering advantages such as patient mobility, the ability to perform repeated blood draws, and the administration of intravenous medications. A 2018 meta-analysis revealed that one in three devices was unnecessary. The placement o...