2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

The development of a new device to visualize peripheral vein in catheter placement: the prototype fabrication in terms of availability for clinical use.

Research Project

Project/Area Number	23660012
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Research Field	Fundamental nursing
Research Institution	Ishikawa Prefectural Nursing University
Principal Investigator	KIMORO Keiko 石川県立看護大学, 看護学部, 助教 (30571476)
Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha)	KAWASHIMA Kazuyo 石川県立看護大学, 看護学部, 教授 (40157855) SUGAMA Junko 金沢大学, 保健学系, 教授 (00203307) MIYATI Tosiaki 金沢大学, 保健学系, 教授 (80324086)
Project Period (FY)	2011 – 2012
Keywords	可視化 / 光源技術 / 看護学 / 静脈穿刺
Research Abstract	Peripheral intravenous access is common procedure in clinical practice with variable success rates. To ensure safety and accurate implementation of this difficult procedure, Study of aim was development of the prototype to visualized macroscopically invisible peripheral vein (2011). Then we evaluated vein visibility from invisible vein to visualized vein with the prototype and existing equipment (2012). The vein visualization of performance at the prototype had 70-80% visualization rate to healthy subjects and the elderly. Although, We had no success in visualized vein depth of degree.

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