A Needle-Free Jet-Injection System with Lidocaine for Peripheral Intravenous Cannula Insertion: A Randomized Controlled Trial with Cost-Effectiveness Analysis

Abstract

Insertion of an IV cannula is painful. Four-hundred patients were randomly allocated to test the analgesic efficacy, adverse effects, and cost-effectiveness of the needle-free intradermal drug delivery system (J-Tip); Jet). Jet with lidocaine is effective, but its application is not painless. Costs to achieve one patient with no more than moderate pain (numerical verbal scale < or =3 of 10) on insertion of an IV cannula are $10.