Around 7.7 million Australians get a cannula or 'drip' placed each year and the procedure can be a painful experience.  That may be about to change with a new clinical standard that aims to provide national guidance on best practice ...

Peripheral intravenous catheter (PIVC) failure is unacceptably common and change is urgently needed, an academic from the Alliance for Vascular Access Teaching and Research has argued. Professor Claire Rickard, from the Griffith University’s Menzies Health Institute Queensland-based group, said optimal ...