title: Quality as standard: the process of evaluating cannulae for trust-wide use.
abstract: Patients require intravenous access in many NHS settings. An audit undertaken at one trust found that different clinical areas used a range of products, complicating the task of providing consistent staff training and support. The result was a nurse-led trial of four products, which enabled the trust to introduce a single cannula standard.
authors.affiliation: Hertfordshire Supply Management Confederation, St Albans, Hertfordshire.
authors.forename: Jackie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Allain
mesh_terms: D002405:Catheterization, Central Venous / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000451:nursing / Q000592:standards; D002406:Catheterization, Peripheral / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000451:nursing / Q000592:standards; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D009731:Nursing Audit; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D017749:Total Quality Management; D006113:United Kingdom