Investigation of current IV Team construction development in Chinese medicine hospitals in Beijing

Abstract

Objective To investigate present intravenous infusion team (IV Team) construction developing situation and problems during management in Chinese medicine hospital in Beijing, so as to put forward improvement measures for IV regulations and management in Chinese medicine hospitals, and provide reasonable suggestions. Methods The group sampling methods was used in September 2016, and self-design questionnaire was investigated in 33 Chinese medicine hospitals in Beijing region for the construction of IV Team, IV development and their issues and strategies. Results IV Teams were built in 17 hospitals (51.5%) ; multidisciplinary members formed IV Team in 2 hospitals (6.1%) ; 22 hospitals (66.7%) had IV nurse specialist. The usage rate of PICC、ultrasound-guided PICC placement were both low (both 36.4%) . PICC maintaining outpatient clinic rate was low (18.2%) and high rate of IV infusion (78.8%) , high rate of administrating vaso-stimulant drugs (75.8%) , high rate of steel needle etc. There were some problems about IV Team construction and management, including the lacking standard regulations (60.6%; the shortage of facilities for IV injection (63.6%) ; construction, management, fee charging and staff (45.5%) etc. Conclusions IV Team construction has been primary established and developed well in Beijing, but problems still exist in construction of professional teams, safety problems on Chinese Medicine IV infusion, no standard regulations, and unperfected facilities for administration. Key words: Nursing management; Intravenous infusion team; Chinese medicine hospital