Prunet, B (2008) A prospective randomized trial of two safety peripheral intravenous catheters. Study arm. Active engineering control
Country	FR
Aim	In this prospective randomized survey, we compared a passive safety catheter with an active safety catheter and a nonsafety classic catheter.
Target population	Occupation: Human health activities
	Industry: Q—Human health and social work activities
	Setting: 050 Health establishment
	Firm size: 250+(large)
Study design	RCT with comparison conditions: TAU (Treatment as usual)
	Unit of analysis: Group/organizational level
	Sample size: Staff's exposure to blood during use of different intravenous catheters. Only secondary outcome in terms of 73 exposures in 759 procedures (no injuries measured).
Type of intervention	2.2.4 Engineering controls
Evaluation design	Duration of intervention: 5 months
	Duration of follow‐up: 2 = Short‐term (≤12 months)
	Type of outcome measure: Injury
Study quality	Moderate quality