The implementation of saline flushes for capped angiocatheters is an example of:
a. How multilevel and interprofessional ap-plication of a procedure can slow adoption of EBP.
b. How competition among disciplines can lead to negative patient outcomes.
c. The reluctance of hospital administrators to act on recommendations from EBP.
d. How a safe, well-known practice out-weighs the benefits of adopting a newer practice.
A
The translation of research into practice operates at four levels: The individual healthcare profes-sional, healthcare groups or teams, organizations, and the larger healthcare system or environment. The adoption of saline flushes illustrates the challenges of communicating EBP to other disciplines and organizations and of the involvement of different levels. This particular innova-tion needed endorsement by nurses, physicians, and pharmacists, as well as by administrators who needed evidence of lost savings to support adoption.
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