iIMPROVE PIVC Toolkit: Implementing Best Practice for PIVC Use Across Health Services

Interventions to Improve PIVC Practice

This toolkit provides practical, evidence-based strategies to support best-practice use of PIVC use across health services. Designed for doctors, nurses, and allied health professionals, the interventions can be adapted to your local workflows and resources. 

Developed using the Learning Health System framework, the toolkit combines evidence, frontline experience, local data, and patient perspectives. Tested in real-world hospital settings, these interventions help reduce unnecessary PIVC insertion, improve patient experience, and support safer, more efficient care. Learn more: Monash Learning Health System overview. 

Promote best practice in PIVC use through interventions aligned with the ACSQHC Management of Peripheral Intravenous Catheters Clinical Care Standard (2021), including its indicators for appropriate use, care, and timely removal.

Begin Here: Your Toolkit Guide

1. Engage Key Stakeholders
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2. Evidence Resources
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3. Update your Health Service Guidelines to Align with National Standards
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4. Improving PIVC Documentation in Medical Record
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5. PIVC Data, Audit & Feedback System
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6. Implementation Launch & Communication Strategy
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7. Education for Healthcare Professionals
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8. Education for Consumers/Patients
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9. Sustainability Interventions
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