Self-advocacy is crucial in healthcare, especially for patients with chronic conditions like cancer, to ensure proper care and treatment. Recognizing signs of IV infiltration and extravasation is ...

The National Infusion and Vascular Access Society says nurses need more education and training on infiltration and extravasation, Nursing Times reported Nov. 25. Infiltration is a patient safety risk ...

NEWPORT NEWS, Va., April 8, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- A new study published in the peer-reviewed British Journal of Nursing this month examines several important metrics that describe the performance of ...

The peripheral intravenous (PIV) catheter is the most used vascular access device for the administration of medications in hospitalized neonates, however 95% of PIV catheters are removed due to ...

When it comes to peripheral intravenous (IV) therapy, doctors and nurses have come to accept that things might not go smoothly. Nearly 80% of hospital patients in the U.S. receive an IV — a procedure ...

Company to showcase poignant and impactful photographs at the Association for Vascular Access 2023 Conference, bringing awareness to IV injuries that are often minimized and ignored PORTLAND, Ore. , ...

We examined the behavior of polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNs) and monocytes during subcutaneous plasma extravasation in guinea-pigs. Plasma extravasation was induced by intradermal injection of ...

The quality improvement initiatives implementing the algorithm have not been formally evaluated. However, physicians, pharmacists and nurses are managing infiltration and extravasations promptly as a ...