Tittle: INCATIV-PEDIÁTRICO: intravenous therapy quality indicators project in pediatric patients.

Introduction: Catheterization for intravenous therapy (IT) and related care are some of the most common procedures practiced by nurses in specialized pediatric and neonatal care. It is a complex and non risk-free technique that requires qualification and knowledge, as well as nursing care for its maintenance. Our research team have designed a quality indicator (INCATIV index) to improve the quality care of IT in the pediatric population. It will be used in a main project called INCATIV-PEDIATRICO, a quasi-experimental study with periodic cross-sections (pre/post-intervention training) by nursing care professionals, monitoring of variables related to IT to be developed in 2020.

Method: To design the INCATIV index, a Delphi study was conducted with three rounds to a group of renowned experts in the field of Paediatric vascular accesses. At the first round, Delphi Group selected the main variables. After each variable was weighted with the distribution of 10 points among variables. Finally, a third round of weighting was done after teaching the anonymized results. Ad hoc design sheet (Excell program) was used for Delphi rounds.

Results: At the first round, Delphi Group (13 clinical nurses, research nurses, nurses professors, and nurses supervisors) selected eleven variables for the “INCATIV index”. In the second round, only the score of three variables exceeded the weighting of 1 point out of 10. And only 1 variable did not reach a score > 0.4. In the third round the first 3 variables reached greater power in the INCATIV index. And all the variables reached a score > 0.4. A consensual data collection notebook will be used between the research team formed homogeneously by nursing professionals from each hospital.

Discussion & Conclusion: There was consensus among experts when defining the power of the different items of the INCATIV index. This can be used in the INCATIV-PEDIATRICO project.