A survey of the status of infusion therapy in Beijing

Objective To investigate the status of intravenous infusion therapy in Beijing.Methods A questionnaire survey was conducted on 47 hospitals in Beijing.Results PICC(peripherally inserted central catheter) was implemented in 43 hos-pitals,which accounted for 91.5% in the sample.Among which,17(36.2%) hospitals set up intravenous infusion therapy teams and 3 hospitals provided nurse training for infusion therapy;The intravenous infusion drug deploy centers were built in 9(19.1%) hospitals and TPN was prepared in intravenous infusion drug deploy centers in 7 hospitals.Regarding the occupa-tional protection in infusion therapy,markers were not found in chemotherapy drug deploy room in 40(85.1%) hospitals;Chemotherapy drugs were not deployed and supplied centrally in 39(83.0%) hospitals;Routine physical examination was not provided for the personnel deploying chemotherapy drugs in 27(57.4%) hospital;Occupational protection guidelines for chemotherapy drugs deployment were not established in 21(44.7%) hospitals.Conclusions There are some problems in the current infusion therapy,intravenous drug deployment and occupational protection in Beijing.The department of nursing man-agement and relative medical institutions should take action to promote the development of infusion therapy in Beijing.