title: A randomized controlled trial to compare the complications of 2 peripheral intravenous catheter-stabilization systems.
abstract: An open-label, prospective, randomized, noninferiority study was conducted at a large academic, Magnet-designated, Level I trauma center to compare the peripheral intravenous catheter securement-related complication rates of 2 different stabilization systems. The control stabilization system included the StatLock device with a nonwinged catheter, and the investigational stabilization system included a closed catheter system with a specially designed Tegaderm dressing. Data from 302 subjects indicated that the investigational stabilization system was noninferior or similar to the control stabilization system with respect to the overall securement-related complications. The cost of the investigational stabilization system was approximately 75% of the cost for the control stabilization system.
authors.affiliation: Advocate Christ Medical Center, Oak Lawn, Illinois 60453, USA.
authors.forename: Dawn
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bausone-Gazda
authors.forename: Cheryl A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Lefaiver
authors.forename: Shelley-Ann
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Walters
mesh_terms: D002406:Catheterization, Peripheral / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation; D002408:Catheters, Indwelling / Q000009:adverse effects*; D016001:Confidence Intervals; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007260:Infusion Pumps / Q000009:adverse effects*; D053208:Kaplan-Meier Estimate; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D016016:Proportional Hazards Models; D013997:Time Factors; D014193:Trauma Centers