Blanco-Mavillard, Ian, Castro-Sánchez, Enrique ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3351-9496, Parra-García, Gaizka, Rodríguez-Calero, Miguel Ángel, Bennasar-Veny, Miquel, Fernández-Fernández, Ismael, Lorente-Neches, Harri and de Pedro-Gómez, Joan (2022) What fuels suboptimal care of peripheral intravenous catheter-related infections in hospitals? A qualitative study of decision-making among Spanish nurses. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 11 (1).

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Abstract

Background
Peripheral intravenous catheters (PIVC) are commonly used in hospital worldwide. However, PIVC are not exempt from complications. Catheter-related bloodstream infections (CRBSI) increase morbidity and mortality rates, and costs for the healthcare organization. PIVC care is shaped by the complex mix of professional and organizational culture, such as knowledge gaps, low perception of impact of PIVCs on patient safety, or lack of hospital guidelines.

Aim
To explore determinants of decision-making about the prevention of PIVC-BSI among nurses in Spanish hospitals.

Methods
We conducted a descriptive qualitative study with semi-structured interviews in three public hospitals, the Balearic Islands Health Care Service in Spain. We considered hospital ward nurses working routinely with inpatients at any of the three hospitals for enrolment in the study. We approached relevant informants to identify suitable participants who recruited other participants through a ‘snowball’ technique. Fourteen inpatient nurses from the hospital took part in this study between September and November 2018. We employed several triangulation strategies to underpin the methodological rigour of our analysis and conducted the member checking, showing the information and codes applied in the recording of the interviews to identify the coherence and any discrepancies of the discourse by participants. We used the COREQ checklist for this study.

Findings
We identified four major themes in the analysis related to determinants of care: The fog of decision-making in PIVC; The taskification of PIVC care; PIVC care is accepted to be suboptimal, yet irrelevant; and chasms between perceived determinants of poor PIVC care and its solutions.

Conclusion
The clinical management of PIVCs appear ambiguous, unclear, and fragmented, with no clear professional responsibility and no nurse leadership, causing a gap in preventing infections. Furthermore, the perception of low risk on PIVC care impact can cause a relevant lack of adherence to the best evidence and patient safety. Implementing facilitation strategies could improve the fidelity of the best available evidence regarding PIVC care and raise awareness among nurses of impact that excellence of care.

Item Type:	Article
Identifier:	10.1186/s13756-022-01144-5
Keywords:	Clinical decision making, Peripheral Venous Catheterization, Catheter-related infections
Subjects:	Medicine and health > Nursing > Nursing practice
Related URLs:	Publisher Publisher
Depositing User:	Enrique Castro Sanchez
Date Deposited:	15 Aug 2022 09:20
Last Modified:	06 Feb 2024 16:11
URI:	https://repository.uwl.ac.uk/id/eprint/9332

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