What is your favorite brand of IV catheter?

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If you could stock your unit which would you choose? They don't even have to be safety. What is the best performing one, in your opinion? Prices range from $1 to $7 per unit. Seriously? Is a Protectiv that much better than a Terumo Superflo? So if you had to stock your own, what would you buy?

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Specializes in EMS, ED, Trauma, CEN, CPEN, TCRN.

Insyte Autoguard with blood control technology.

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good old fashioned Angio-Cath. Best there ever was.

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And those are running $10 a piece... ^^^ :facepalm:

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Specializes in Critical Care, Emergency, Education, Informatics.

BD Nexiva. Little bit of a learning curve, but I can't imagine going back to anything else.

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Nexiva all the way! The best

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Specializes in med-surg, IMC, school nursing, NICU.

BD angiocath. Always and forever.

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Specializes in Emergency/Cath Lab.
Nexiva all the way! The best

Fantastic for long term use, but give me an old angio Cath for the hard to stick places.

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Specializes in Pediatric Critical Care.

I miss the Jelco brand ones that we used to have.

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Specializes in ER.

I loved our old Nexiva's. I learned with them and was a fantastic stick with them (alos used them for U/S placements). We also had Jelco's with the "via valve" blood control, which were nice too. Now we have a terribly inferior product (IMO), and are using the BD Insyte Autogard. They are junk compared to what we were using.

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Specializes in ED, School Nurse.

I like Insytes. That's what I learned on and that's what I am most comfortable with. I have also used Jelcos. Still like the Insytes better.

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Specializes in Vascular Access.

B Braun Introcan 20g 1.75" Safety IV. Best IV catheter I've ever used and perfectly visible on ultrasound.

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