What Do Nurses Think About Blood Collection?Blood draws are such a standard and common component of healthcare delivery, we tend to overlook the trauma, risk and waste that they create. While the results inform 70% of all clinical decisions, there has been little innovation in this area for decades. According to research commissioned by Velano Vascular, nurses today are calling for more compassionate standards of care when drawing blood in a hospital setting – one that serves the growing amount of Difficult Venous Access (DVA) patients, reduces patient pain and anxiety, and one that is safer for practitioners.

since the last MAJOR

INNOVATION in blood draws

Percentage of clinical decisions

that areinformed by

BLOOD TEST RESULTS

70%

Inpatient hospital blood draws are conducted EVERY MINUTE IN THE U.S.

760

It’s beenDECADES

1 IN 3 PATIENTS are presenting as‘TOUGH STICKS’

84% YES

16%NO

Percentage of nurses WHO WOULD ADVOCATE FOR A NEEDLE FREE BLOOD DRAW DEVICE

percent of nurses

estimate they would almost

always use needle-free

line draws vs. venipuncture

76%

NURSE SURVEY REPORT

of nurses believe blood collection sticks, fishing & re-sticks NEGATIVELY IMPACT patient experience

OUT OF 10 nurses are concerned about needle safety8

LACK OF STANDARDIZATION IN BLOOD COLLECTION PRACTICE. There is significant variability in who and how blood is collected across patient floors and time of day.

HRS

KEY

FIN

DIN

G55% 33%

3 STICKS 2 STICKS

AVERAGE NUMBER O F R E - S T I C K S

8%4 STICKS

4%5+ STICKS

CONCLUSION Nurses are clearly telling us there exists an immense need for innovation and standardization in the way we collect blood in hospitals today. Overall, there is a high degree of variance in blood collection practices leading to concern about patient experience, practitioner safety, and care outcomes. Our practitioner survey efforts are an initial step towards better illuminating this real and overlooked need. We will continue to expand this survey over the next few years in an effort to gauge shifting practitioner perceptions of quality of care and patient-centered care outcomes related to vascular access.

*Velano Vascular commissioned Charter Oak Research to conduct this survey of more than 6,500 nurses across 24 hospitals.

but there is no standard and it’s fraught with difficulty, especially when using an IV after insertion.

VENIPUNCTURE

PIVC (IN DWELLING)

PICC/CVC

ARTERIAL

PIVC (ON INSERTION)

80% of nurses prefer blood draws via a line device,

of nurses believe this has a NEGATIVE IMPACT on their relationship with patients

73%

88%

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