Background. Inserting peripheral intravenous (PIV) lines into often dehydrated, typically irritable, and universally uncooperative small children is an everyday task for many pediatric nurses. Success ...
Abstract This article, the second in a two-part series, provides a step-by-step guide to maintaining vessel health when a peripheral intravenous catheter is inserted. The article should be read in ...
Check the infusion pump's occlusion alarm limit setting. The alarm should be set at the lowest available limit to prevent false occlusion alarms while detecting infiltration. Evaluate the pump's ...
Background: Peripheral intravenous catheterization in children is challenging, and success rates vary greatly. We conducted a pragmatic randomized controlled trial to determine whether the use of ...
Over the past decade, needlestick safety has become de rigueur, but according to a new study, nurses are often exposed to blood in their mucus membranes in another way: by inserting a peripheral IV ...
Research on IV devices is underdeveloped, underfunded and understudied. That means doctors don’t always have the information they need to choose the best one for their patients. When we doctors sit ...
An intravenous (IV) injection is an injection of a medication or another substance into a vein and directly into the bloodstream. It is one of the fastest ways to get a drug into the body, often ...
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