[Efficiency and cost-effectiveness for a safety device].
When dealing with preventive measures, it is necessary to evaluate their effectiveness and to analyze the costs involved in implementing those measures. Therefore, the authors carried out a before-after intervention study on the use of a safe intravenous peripheral catheter in emergency ward services; this study included the participation by workers in selecting material by means of a Likert questionnaire. The effectiveness of a safe intravenous peripheral catheter was calculated comparing skin accidents caused by this device 40 months before and after its implantation. An economic analysis was calculated by means of a cost-effectiveness index fined as a "Euros spent for accident prevented" index. Workers who participated chose a passive safe intravenous peripheral catheter (p < 0.05). During the pre-intervention period, 17 intravenous peripheral catheter expositions were declared, during the post-intervention period, none were declared. The total net cost per intervention came to 36.606 Euro. The cost effectiveness index was 2.579,3 Euro for accident prevented.
Hernández Navarrete
Ma Jesús
MJ
Servicio Medicina Preventiva, Hospital Universitario Migue Servet, Zaragoza. mjhernandezn@salud.aragon.es
Lapresta Moros
Carlos
C
del Villar Belzunce
Adriana
A
Gaite Villagra
Antonio
A
Ballabriga Clavería
Javier
J
Solano Bernad
Víctor Manuel
VM
Franco Sorolla
José Miguel
JM
D002406:Catheterization, Peripheral / Q000191:economics* / Q000295:instrumentation*; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D004867:Equipment Design; D004869:Equipment Safety / Q000191:economics / Q000295:instrumentation; D006801:Humans; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000191:economics* / Q000517:prevention & control*