title: [Technical criteria of central venous catheters: Anaesthesiologist/intensivist and pharmacist opinions].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The lack of technical information from suppliers and from the literature, a wide variety of features and the absence of medical device reference document explain the difficulty for medical and pharmaceutical staffs to choose a central venous catheter (CVC). The aim of this study was to establish the specifications to choose a CVC according to the clinician needs.
  
  
  METHODS
  An analysis of suppliers' technical documentation and a literature review was performed to identify criteria and to collect them in a questionnaire to conduct semi-structured interviews between 1 pharmacist and 5 anaesthesiologists/intensivists. With these interviews, the technical criteria were classified according to their importance in 3 levels.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Thirteen technical criteria were identified after reading the technical documents and the literature. Among them, 8 were classified as "essential criteria" (level I) by the physicians: J-shaped guide, one clamp on each way, identified lumen, radiopacity, graduation every centimeter by 5 to 20 cm from the distal extremity, a length of 15 to 25 cm, a single-lumen catheter with a 14 to 16G way and a three-lumen catheter with 14 to 18G way. Finally, three criteria were classified as "intermediate criteria" (level II) and two as "optional criteria" (level III).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This collaborative approach allowed to reference new medical devices according to the clinicians needs. These CVC are a mean to respect guidelines for physicians and nurses and to secure the patient's care.
authors.affiliation: Pharmacie, groupement hospitalier Sud, hospices civils de Lyon, 165, chemin du Grand-Revoyet, 69495 Pierre-Bénite, France. Electronic address: teddy.novais@gmail.com.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Novais
authors.affiliation: Pharmacie, groupement hospitalier Sud, hospices civils de Lyon, 165, chemin du Grand-Revoyet, 69495 Pierre-Bénite, France.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cabelguenne
authors.affiliation: Pharmacie, groupement hospitalier Sud, hospices civils de Lyon, 165, chemin du Grand-Revoyet, 69495 Pierre-Bénite, France.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Jolivet
authors.affiliation: Pharmacie, groupement hospitalier Sud, hospices civils de Lyon, 165, chemin du Grand-Revoyet, 69495 Pierre-Bénite, France.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nouvel
authors.affiliation: Service d'anesthésie-réanimation, groupement hospitalier Sud, hospices civils de Lyon, 165, chemin du Grand-Revoyet, 69495 Pierre-Bénite, France; CNRS UMR 5558, centre international de recherche en infectiologie (CIRI), université Lyon 1, 69365 Lyon, France.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Wallet
authors.affiliation: Service d'anesthésie-réanimation, groupement hospitalier Sud, hospices civils de Lyon, 165, chemin du Grand-Revoyet, 69495 Pierre-Bénite, France; CNRS UMR 5558, centre international de recherche en infectiologie (CIRI), université Lyon 1, 69365 Lyon, France.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Piriou
mesh_terms: D000072080:Anesthesiologists; D002405:Catheterization, Central Venous / Q000379:methods*; D062905:Central Venous Catheters / Q000592:standards*; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D010595:Pharmacists; D010820:Physicians; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: Anaesthesia and intensive care; Anesthésie-réanimation; Cahier des charges; Cathéter veineux centraux; Central venous catheter; Clinical pharmacy; Criteria; Critères; Pharmacie clinique; Specifications