Application of Root Cause Analysis in Improving Success Rate of Infant Venipuncture Blood Sampling and Nursing Ethics / 中国医学伦理学

ABSTRACT

Objective:To explore the application effect of root cause analysis (RCA) and nursing ethics theory on improving the success rate of venipuncture blood collection in infants.Methods:In January 2016,150 infantswho were punctured for venous blood collection in the out-patient blood collection room in our hospital were selected as the control group.The root cause analysis was used to determine the root cause of the success rate of infant venipuncture blood collection,and the feasible measures were formulated.And 150 infants after 6 months of the implementation of RCA were selected as the observation group.The success rate of puncture and the satisfaction of the families were compared in both two groups.Results:The success rate of venipuncture blood collection in observation group (93.3％) was significantly higher than the control group(76.7％),and the families' satisfaction of the observation group (95％) was also significantly higher than those in the control group (70％).Conclusions:The application of root cause analysis and nursing ethics theory,effective nursing measures and psychological care can improve the success rate of infant venipuncture blood collection.