title: Pediatric blood sample collection from a pre-existing peripheral intravenous (PIV) catheter.
abstract: Aiming to minimize pain in a hospitalized child, the purpose of this observational study was to describe characteristics of blood samples collected from pre-existing peripheral intravenous (PIV) catheters in pediatric patients. One hundred and fifty blood samples were reviewed for number of unusable samples requiring a specimen to be re-drawn. Success of the blood draw and prevalence of the loss of the PIV following blood collection was also measured. Findings included one clotted specimen, success rate of 91.3%, and 1.3% of PIVs becoming non-functional after collection. Obtaining blood specimens from a pre-existing PIV should be considered in a pediatric patient.
authors.affiliation: Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University Health North Hospital, Carmel, IN.
authors.forename: Heather
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Braniff
authors.affiliation: Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University Health North Hospital, Carmel, IN.
authors.forename: Ann
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: DeCarlo
authors.affiliation: Riley Hematology/Oncology at Indiana University North Hospital, Carmel, IN. Electronic address: ahaskamp@iuhealth.org.
authors.forename: Amy Corey
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Haskamp
authors.affiliation: Indiana University School of Nursing, Indianapolis, IN.
authors.forename: Marion E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Broome
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001800:Blood Specimen Collection / Q000379:methods*; D002406:Catheterization, Peripheral; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006776:Hospitals, Pediatric; D006801:Humans; D007196:Indiana; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D059408:Pain Management
keywords: Pain; Pediatric; Phlebotomy; peripheral intravenous catheter (PIV)