Prospective, randomized controlled comparison of a flash-tip catheter and a traditional intravenous catheter in an urban emergency department.

CONCLUSION: The two catheters tested in this study had comparable rates of first-stick success, but the flash-tip catheter was associated with significantly less blood contamination during insertion attempts. PMID: 29926787 [PubMed - in process]
Source: The Journal of Vascular Access - Category: Surgery Tags: J Vasc Access Source Type: research