Members of the ED Collaborative Research Group have been part of a successful partnership grant awarded by the National Health and Medical Research Council. They awarded 1.5M AUD which was matched for by national and state health partners (who contributed 2.1M) 
The main aim is to improve the experience for thousands who require peripheral intravenous (IV) catheters throughout the health system. Griffith researchers will work with three Queensland partner hospitals (two metropolitan and one regional), the Queensland rural and remote education provider, and the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Healthcare on the project.
In the first stage of the three-year project, Griffith researchers with partners and stakeholders will co-design a difficult IV access ultrasound pathway and associated implementation strategies. The second stage will see a progressively trialled implementation across hospitals, with a national rollout (metropolitan, rural and remote settings) in the final stage