Development of an innovation to secure peripheral intravascular cannulas: improving care, minimising exposure, conserving PPE and saving cost.

静脉插管是现代医学中最常用的患者器械。大多数COVID-19患者将接受静脉插管以给予药物，液体和抗生素。静脉插管插入需要20分钟的HCW时间。然而，高达50%的设备在满足其临床需求之前失败。接受重症监护的患者常规接受桡动脉插管。这些套管也经常出现故障，需要更换。如果大多数英国人口受到COVID-19的影响，插管故障可能导致数百万人重新插入，不必要的HCW暴露和PPE使用。一家中小型企业正在开发一种低成本的设备，由患者佩戴以保护和固定套管，以降低故障率，改善护理，减少浪费并最大限度地减少不必要的HCW暴露于COVID-19。

Intravenous cannulas are the most commonly used patient device in modern medicine. The majority of COVID-19 patients will receive an IV cannula to administer drugs, fluids and antibiotics. IV cannula insertion takes 20 minutes of HCW time. However, up to 50% of devices fail before meeting their clinical need. Patients admitted to intensive care routinely undergo cannulation of the radial artery. These cannulas also frequently fail and need replacing. If the majority of the UK population is affected by COVID-19, cannula failures could lead to millions of reinsertions, unnecessary HCW exposure and PPE use. An SME is developing a low-cost device that is worn by patients to protect and secure cannulas in order to reduce failure rates, improve care, reduce waste and minimise unnecessary HCW exposure to COVID-19\.