Table 1.

Summary of main survey findings

Recognition & prevention of EI:
Units with written policy/standard practice	24/26 (92%)
Of these, policy includes:
Regular nursing observations:	21/24 (88%)
Keeping skin over tip of line visible	18/24 (75%)
Line flush before drug administration	14/24 (58%)
Treatment of EI:
Units with written policy/standard practice	24/26 (92%)
Of these, treatment policy includes:
Immediate line removal	21/24 (88%)
Limb elevation	15/24 (63%)
Saline washout via small incisions	16/24 (67%)
Hyaluronidase	9/24 (38%)
Warm or cold compress	1/24 (4%)
Complications of EI:
Number of units reporting significant extravasation complication	24/26 (92%)
Central injuries reported:
Cardiac Tamponade (with associated deaths in 2 units)	13/26 (50%)
Hepatic injury	10/26 (38%)
Peritoneal	8/26 (31%)
Retroperitoneal	3/26 (12%)
Pleural	7/26 (27%)
Peripheral injuries reported:
Limb endangering	6/26 (23%)