Vascular access specialist teams versus standard practice for catheter insertion and prevention of failure: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Billions of vascular access devices (VADs) are inserted annually for intravenous therapy worldwide. However, their use is not without challenges. Facilitating the process and enhancing results, hospital authorities have created vascular access specialist teams (VASTs) with advanced competencies in the evaluation, insertion, care and management of VADs. The objective is to compare the effectiveness of VASTs versus standard practice regarding cannulation success and vascular access maintenance in hospitalised adults.

Design

Systematic review, using the Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool.

Data sources

We conducted a structured data search on Cochrane Library, MEDLINE, Web of Science, Scopus and EBSCOhost up to 31 May 2023. We did not impose a time limit regarding the

SUBMITTER: Fernandez-Fernandez I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11227807 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature