Introduction. Administering drugs via intravenous lines is one of the most frequent interventions (Medication Administration: Intravenous (IV) #2314 NIC) that are part of a nurses’ daily tasks. Innovation and research in the field of Medical & Surgical devices (MSDs) dedicated to intravenous therapy offers ever new products to healthcare facilities and professionals, and infusion devices have undergone enhancements under the aspect of performance and safety. Aim: The study aimed to test the new medical-surgical Intrafix® Safe Set device produced by the BBraun company, consisting of a no-leak and air-stop infusion device with depth filter membrane ensuring Airstop safety in case of emptied fluid container, through a comparative study with the standard infusion devices provided in various hospital settings (general ER, medical wards, surgical wards) with respect to: user friendliness, safety, and reduced correlated care time. Materials and Methods. A convenience sampling enrolled 100 nurses of the critical care department, ER, Internal Medicine and Surgical Depts. The supervisors/facilitators of the testers furnished the nurses/testers with the MSDs and related information/ instructions leaflets and comparative charts. This was divided into two parts, the first regarding the personal/ professional data of the tester (through a coded system that guarantees anonymity), and the second composed of the comparative evaluations. It consisted of 14 items with the three-points Likert rating scale. The chart examined: perforation capacity, filling phase, connection/link up to the case of emptied fluid container and the Final Evaluation. Results and Conclusions. The testing of the MSDs and data collection started from mid-October to November 2012. Data analysis was completed within the first week of December while the final report for the results obtained was drafted by the end of December 2012. The statistical analysis of the descriptive type was done with the EXCEL (Microsoft®) program. The analysis will consider the differences in terms of user friendliness, safety, reduced care time correlated and disaggregated according to the department and the users.
Research protocol and Comparative Study: Infusion and depth filters - operating tests (user-friendliness, safety, reduced care time) of the Intrafix® Safeset infusion device
Ramacciati Nicola
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2013-01-01
Abstract
Introduction. Administering drugs via intravenous lines is one of the most frequent interventions (Medication Administration: Intravenous (IV) #2314 NIC) that are part of a nurses’ daily tasks. Innovation and research in the field of Medical & Surgical devices (MSDs) dedicated to intravenous therapy offers ever new products to healthcare facilities and professionals, and infusion devices have undergone enhancements under the aspect of performance and safety. Aim: The study aimed to test the new medical-surgical Intrafix® Safe Set device produced by the BBraun company, consisting of a no-leak and air-stop infusion device with depth filter membrane ensuring Airstop safety in case of emptied fluid container, through a comparative study with the standard infusion devices provided in various hospital settings (general ER, medical wards, surgical wards) with respect to: user friendliness, safety, and reduced correlated care time. Materials and Methods. A convenience sampling enrolled 100 nurses of the critical care department, ER, Internal Medicine and Surgical Depts. The supervisors/facilitators of the testers furnished the nurses/testers with the MSDs and related information/ instructions leaflets and comparative charts. This was divided into two parts, the first regarding the personal/ professional data of the tester (through a coded system that guarantees anonymity), and the second composed of the comparative evaluations. It consisted of 14 items with the three-points Likert rating scale. The chart examined: perforation capacity, filling phase, connection/link up to the case of emptied fluid container and the Final Evaluation. Results and Conclusions. The testing of the MSDs and data collection started from mid-October to November 2012. Data analysis was completed within the first week of December while the final report for the results obtained was drafted by the end of December 2012. The statistical analysis of the descriptive type was done with the EXCEL (Microsoft®) program. The analysis will consider the differences in terms of user friendliness, safety, reduced care time correlated and disaggregated according to the department and the users.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
