title: [Economic containment and satisfaction of nursing staff after the change of infusion sets at Hospital Santa Caterina of Salt (Girona)].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  In situations such as the current economic crisis it is very important to consider the quality-price of healthcare materials. One of the most commonly used by nurses are the intravenous infusion sets. It is described the features of a new intravenous infusion set, that increases patient safety and improves the nursing care workload.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  We suggested an analysis of the economic containment, as well as an appraisal of the nursing staff satisfaction, after the change of the intravenous infusion sets by new sets with different performances.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study was conducted in the four hospital units at Hospital Santa Caterina of Salt (Girona): unit A (obstetrics and pediatrics), unit B (traumatology-surgery), unit F (internal medicine) and unit D (convalescence-palliative care). A cost study was developed comparing the costs in 2010 for the old intravenous infusion set with costs in 2011 for the new infusion set. A survey to assess the nursing staff satisfaction on the new infusion set was carried out in 2012 with 91 nurses (75.8% of nurses working in the four units).
  
  
  RESULTS
  It has obtained an average decrease of 41.44% in consumption of infusion sets with Y and a 41.09% in infusion sets without Y This change of infusion sets has represented a financial saving of 8.003 Euros on sets with Y and 2.017 Euros on sets without Y And regarding the nursing satisfaction survey the results have mostly shown a high level of satisfaction in their management. In addition nurses surveyed considered that makes their task easier and improves the patient safety in hospital.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The change by the new infusion set has reduced the consumption of infusion sets and meant considerable savings in costs of infusion sets, both sets with Y as in without Y. Nurses mostly manifest a high level of satisfaction.
authors: Servicio Materno Infantil del Hospital Santa Caterina, Institut d'Assistència Sanitària, Salt, Girona.
authors: Rocio
authors: R
authors: Jurado Pérez
authors: Núria
authors: N
authors: Batlle Joher
authors: Teresa
authors: T
authors: Vilalta Altés
authors: Margarta
authors: M
authors: Boix Llebot
mesh_terms: D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D006801:Humans; D007262:Infusions, Intravenous / Q000191:economics* / Q000295:instrumentation*; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires