Our ER has a committee to identify ways to more prudently use supplies (enviromentally and fiscally.) Emesis basins were targeted because staff use them for everything but emesis, namely as a disposable holder for IV start supplies. (Then they're dumped in the sharps container!)
Our staff is convinced that they cannot start an IV in absence of an emesis basin. I, personally, have never used an emesis basin to start an IV.
Please tell me what the practice is at your institution. These nurses are getting all worked up just at the thought of their pink basins being gone!
Thanks in advance for any ideas you can give me.