CLINICAL IMPACT OF USING PIVO: VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER
RELATIVE REDUCTION IN LAB ERRORS
RELATIVE REDUCTION
IN HO-BSI
RELATIVE REDUCTION IN CENTRAL LINE DAYS
*Part of a clinical quality initiative to move blood draws from CVC lines to the periphery.
Data from Jan 2018 — Nov 2019, except HO-BSI data (Jan 2018 — Sep 2019).
Compassionate Care
Our vision at Velano is to deliver IMPACT by establishing a new and more humane global standard of care for inpatient blood draws. We’re aiming to improve the hospital experience for patients and practitioners by reducing the pain, risks and inefficiencies of existing, often overlooked vascular access practices.
Aligned with this human-centric Mission, we’ve established core values at Velano–Integrity, a desire to Make a Difference, Passion, Accountability, Compassion, and Tenacity. These values inform our daily actions in an effort to reform and establish a single standard of care that touches hundreds of millions of lives each year around the world.
In the United States Alone
1 in 5
are needle phobic
400 million
inpatient blood draws annually
> 1,000 Per Day
practitioner needlestick injuries
10-20 “sticks”
per hospital visit
The Velano Difference
Velano aims to reduce the need for disruptive 4 AM needlesticks and frequent central line access for blood collections. We’re seeking to bring compassion to the hospital through a safer workplace for practitioners and more efficient lab collections.
Preferred Experience
“PIVO is truly patient-centric, reducing pain and anxiety with patients and also practitioner concerns with difficult draws.”
– Maureen B. Fagan DNP, WHNP-BC, FNP-BC, Associate Chief Nurse-OB/GYN/NICU & Executive Director, Center for Patients & Families, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Reduced Risks
“We are committed to pursuing a new standard of care industry-wide using technologies and practices that will better serve patients and protect our practitioners.”
– Kim Henrichsen, RN, MSN, VP Clinical Operations and Chief Nursing Officer, Intermountain Healthcare
Enhanced Efficiency
“PIVO helps reduce the number of times we touched central lines and stopped medication for blood collection.”
– Ed Valente, BSN, CCRN, Superviser CRCU, Griffin Hospital
Improved Quality
“At our institution, PIVO hemolysis rates were equivalent or even slightly better than hemolysis rates from venipuncture collections.”
– Jaime Noguez, PhD, DABCC, Assistant Director of Clinical Chemistry, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
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