Peripherally Inserted Central Catheters (PICCs) are known to be associated with complications, but how institutions can enact changes and policy to prevent adverse outcomes is less well known.
In response, the Improve PICC team has developed strategies to implement plans to reduce complications. Each strategy, targeted towards addressing a specific complication, includes various steps. Each step includes a data gathering phase and a validation phase, where practices are compared to best practice and evidence. The steps are sequential so that the least resource consuming, most pragmatic and easiest to implement steps are early; the more costlier and time-consuming steps are later.
In response, the Improve PICC team has developed strategies to implement plans to reduce complications. Each strategy, targeted towards addressing a specific complication, includes various steps. Each step includes a data gathering phase and a validation phase, where practices are compared to best practice and evidence. The steps are sequential so that the least resource consuming, most pragmatic and easiest to implement steps are early; the more costlier and time-consuming steps are later.