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New initiative to provide evidence-based IV care.

The practice of inserting an intravenous (IV) cannula into a patient is fast becoming routine in many hospitals throughout the UK. Recent estimates suggest that 80% of all patients who enter the health service each year receive IV therapy (Wilkinson, 1996). Inserting an IV cannula is often a precautionary move aimed at providing quick and efficient access in an emergency. The danger of this practice, however, is that healthcare professionals such as nurses become complacent and fail to follow the appropriate guidelines. The complications associated with IV cannulas are infection, extravasation, trauma and thrombophlebitis. Therefore, this area of patient management is potentially life threatening and carries significant patient morbidity.