Prevention and monitoring of incidental events is an important part of hospital quality control. The 1994 annual statistics for spontaneous detachment of catheters in the coronary care unit of Veterans General Hospital-Taipei showed that detachment of intravenous catheters had the highest incidence, accounting for 34% of all catheter detachment. Because almost all patients in our CCU need intravenous catheterization, we introduced a plan to monitor the unplanned intravenous re-injection rate. After continuous monitoring and execution, the monthly unplanned intravenous re-injection rate fell below the 40% threshold. In the pre-monitoring era the rate was 51%; in May 1996 it was 37%, in June 1996 28%, and in July 1996 35%, which all reached the goal we set. We also found that the major causes for unplanned intravenous re-injection were: coagulation of puncture needle, extravasation of injection fluid, local inflammation, and spontaneous removal by patients themselves. After executing the plan, the incidence of puncture needle coagulation and local inflammation decreased, but that of extravasation of intravenous fluid and removal by patients was still high, so we must continue to seek a suitable method to prevent unplanned intravenous injection. Because the majority of patients in hospital need to receive intravenous catheterization, more benefit could be gained after introducing such planning to all the sections in the hospital.