Now is the time to challenge the status quo for IV insertions

Ruby™ is designed to help your hospital overcome many of the common challenges.

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Up to 90% of inpatients have IV insertions1

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4.4 Average number of insertion attempts per patient2

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63% of PIVCs fail before therapy ends1

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7-20 additional days in the hospital due to complications and infections1

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Total cost burden of difficult IV access in emergency department exceeds $84 per patient2

Research shows significant waste and inconsistency in the insertion and management of peripheral intravenous catheter (PIVC) therapy. Each year, PIVC failures result in millions of dollars in losses for the U.S. healthcare system due to redundancy and inefficiency. These failures lead to multiple PIVC attempts, wasting nurses’ time, PIVC supplies, and contributing to overall inefficiencies in the healthcare system.3,4

  1. R. E., Klausner, J. D., Klemperer, J. D., Flint, L. M., & Huang, E. (2015). Accepted but unacceptable: Peripheral IV catheter failure. Journal of Infusion Nursing, 38(3), 189-203.
  2. Gala, S., Alsbrooks, K., Bahl, A., & Wimmer, M. (2024). The economic burden of difficult intravenous access in the emergency department from a United States’ provider perspective. Journal of Research in Nursing, 29. https://doi.org/10.1177/17449871231213025
  3. Steere, L., Ficara, C. , Davis, M., & Moureau, N. (2019). Reaching one peripheral intravenous catheter (PIVC) per patient visit with lean multimodal strategy: The PIV5Rights™ bundle. Journal of the Association for Vascular Access, 24(3), 31-43. https://doi.org/10.2309/j.java.2019.003.004
  4. Castro-Sánchez, E., Charani, E., Drumright, L. N., Sevdalis, N., Shah, N., & Holmes, A. H. (2014). Fragmentation of care threatens patient safety in peripheral vascular catheter management in acute care–a qualitative study. PLoS One, 9(1), e86167. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0086167