Sustainability Interventions
Sustainability is supported through a PIVC data dashboard for ongoing monitoring and feedback, integration of cannula best-practice audits into the PIVC Clinical Care portfolio, and ongoing clinician credentialing and education to reinforce evidence-based PIVC practice. These strategies help embed best practice into routine clinical systems.
The dashboard helps ensure transparency and facilitates ongoing improvement efforts.
- Create (or update an existing) PIVC data dashboard tailored to the health service’s data.
- This dashboard will serve as a valuable tool for medical directors and nurse unit managers (NUMs), enabling them to monitor progress, identify trends, and make informed decisions about PIVC management.
Example of proposed change – ED PIVC dashboard
Downloadable word document
- Establish a dedicated audit team in collaboration with Nurse Unit Managers, using the Smart Cannula Best Practice Audit Tool.
- Embed the toolkit within existing healthcare audit systems (e.g., MARS) — for instance, by linking directly from MARS to the audit tool.
- Assign overall responsibility for this portfolio to a Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) or an Associate Nurse Manager. Incorporation of the cannula best practice audit tool into your PIVC Clinical Care portfolio with a copy of PD available
- Provide regular, structured feedback to executive leadership based on audit findings.
Smart Cannula Best Practice Audit Tool
Ensure all healthcare professionals maintain up-to-date knowledge of best practices, guidelines, and techniques for safe and effective PIVC management. Incorporate PIVC credentialing requirements within existing healthcare systems.
Quiz: Annual PIVC Insertion Documentation
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→ Microsoft Form Copy
Quiz: Cannulation and Nurse-Initiated Pathology
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Slides: Cannulation and Nurse Initiated Pathology Course
