Efficacy of a Clinical Algorithm for the Selection of Peripheral Venous Catheters (EACEC)

Efficacy of a Clinical Algorithm for the Selection of Peripheral Venous Catheters to Reduce the Number of Catheter-Associated Complications in Hospitalized Patients: A Retrospective Cohort Study

The aim of this observational study is to investigate the complications associated with peripheral venous catheterization based on whether a correct or incorrect catheter was used according to a clinical algorithm in patients admitted to an acute care unit. The main question it seeks to answer is:

• Are there fewer complications associated with catheterization when a correct catheter choice is made? Data from patients admitted to the acute care units of the sponsoring study center will be reviewed.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Catheter Related Complication
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: standardized algorithm

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 30000

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Spain
  • Barcelona
    • Sant Pere de Ribes, Barcelona, Spain, 08810
      • Consorci Sanitari Alt Penedes i Garraf

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Adult; Older Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Patients admitted to some acute care unit requiring peripheral venous catheterization

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Admitted to acute care hospital wards.
• Carriers of a peripheral venous catheter.
• With the study evaluation criteria documented in their medical records.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Admitted to gynecology, obstetrics, and pediatrics wards.
• Admitted to the emergency department and intensive care units

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Number of groups / cohorts

2

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort	Intervention / Treatment
appropriate catheter type selection; This group will include all peripheral venous catheterizations for which the appropriate catheter type selection according to the standardized algorithm has been performed	Other: standardized algorithm; standardized algorithm for the correct selection of peripheral venous catheters
inappropriate catheter type selection; This group will include all peripheral venous catheterizations for which an inappropriate catheter type selection according to the standardized algorithm has been performed	Other: standardized algorithm; standardized algorithm for the correct selection of peripheral venous catheters

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Catheters removed due to complications associated with the use of a peripheral venous catheter	Percentage of catheters removed due to complications associated with the use of a peripheral venous catheter	Through study completion, an average of 1 year

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Selection of the peripheral venous catheter	Correct or incorrect selection of the catheter according to the clinical algorithm. The proportion of correctly selected catheters in relation to the total number of catheters will be calculated.	Through study completion, an average of 1 year
Complications associated with the use of a peripheral venous catheter	Number of complications associated with the use of a peripheral venous catheter depending on whether a correct or incorrect selection of the catheter was made according to the clinical algorithm.	Through study completion, an average of 1 year

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Consorci Sanitari de l'Alt Penedès i Garraf
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Esther Moreno, CSAPG

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): October 1, 2025
• Primary Completion (Actual): October 31, 2025
• Study Completion (Actual): October 31, 2025

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: May 21, 2024
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 27, 2024
• First Posted (Actual): May 30, 2024

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): December 5, 2025
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: December 1, 2025
• Last Verified: December 1, 2025

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Catheterization, Peripheral
• Other Study ID Numbers: CSAPG-47

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: YES
• IPD Plan Description: IPD (without personal identification data) could be shared by requirement from other researchers after the end of the study, and only for research purposes and previous approval of promotor center of the study (CSAPG). Anyway, Spanish and European Union legal policy about data protection will strictly be followed (IPD will not be transferred outside European Union).
• IPD Sharing Time Frame: After publication of main results of the study.
• IPD Sharing Access Criteria: IPD will be shared only for scientific research purposes and following the Spanish and European Union normative law about data protection. The requirements will be directed to the IP of the study. The IP will evaluate the request to verify and evaluate the data that is requested and the purposes for which it is requested. Next, the IP will transfer the request to the promotor center the study for the final decision.
• IPD Sharing Supporting Information Type: STUDY_PROTOCOL

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No
• product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.: No