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Cost effectiveness of a vascular access education and training program for hospitalized emergency department patients

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  • Amit Bahl
  • Yuying Xing
  • S Matthew Gibson
  • Emily DiLoreto

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Objective: Education and training in vascular access is a critical component to delivering quality vascular access care. Given that organizations must invest resources to implement and sustain high-quality vascular access programming, we aimed to demonstrate the cost effectiveness of a program (Operation STICK (OSTICK)) in the emergency department (ED). Methods: This was an observational cohort study conducted at a tertiary care academic center with 120,000 ED visits. Consecutive hospitalized adults with ultrasound-guided (DIVA) and traditionally-placed (non-DIVA) peripheral intravenous catheters (PIVC) in the ED were included in the analysis. Two groups (OSTICK and non-OSTICK) were compared in the analysis: OSTICK PIVCs were inserted by clinicians with formal, standardized training in peripheral venous access while non-OSTICK PIVCs were inserted by staff with basic departmental training in PIVC care. Cost factors included number of procedures, wait time to establish a PIVC, complications, and training. Effect was complication-free PIVC functionality. Multiple linear regressions were used to estimate incremental cost (ΔC), incremental effect (ΔE), and incremental net benefit (INB) of the OSTICK program. Results: From 10/1/2022 thru 3/31/2023, 21,259 PIVCs including 1681 OSTICK and 19,578 non-OSTICK PIVCs were included in the analysis. Average age was 64.8 and 53.7% were female. The estimate of incremental cost (ΔC) for each patient was -$83.175 (95% CI: -$103.953 to -$62.398; p

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  • Amit Bahl & Yuying Xing & S Matthew Gibson & Emily DiLoreto, 2024. "Cost effectiveness of a vascular access education and training program for hospitalized emergency department patients," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 19(10), pages 1-14, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0310676
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0310676
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