Did you know that certain medications can cause symptom of 'Infusion site phlebitis'. Find these drugs listed on the page and be warned of similar symptoms as possible side-effects.

The tool recommended by the Royal College of Nursing is the Visual Infusion Phlebitis scale first developed by Jackson in 1998 (Box 4). The VIP scale has been shown to be a valid and reliable measure ...

Retrospective data published in the Journal of Infusion Nursing demonstrates ability of biomaterials that mimic the body’s chemistry to produce impactful reductions in failures, venous ...

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 ...

The primary outcome measures should be rate of VAD-related bacteraemia, rate of VAD site infections, mortality, cost and quality of life. Secondary outcome measures should include visual infusion ...

Insertion of fine bore nasogastric tube, pressure area assessment, visual infusion phlebitis (VIP) assessment and intravenous cannula flush (all 8 minute’s duration) can be found in the updated Adult ...

No severe phlebitis and/or venous irritation were seen with arm A or B. Conclusions: Administration with 1-minute bolus injection of VNR does not appear to significantly decrease the incidence of drug ...

Unsafe infusion practices comprise of faulty technique, incorrect dosage of drugs, selection of catheter sites, hand hygiene and may lead to complications such as swelling of veins (phlebitis ...

POWERWAND patients at Baliad’s facility, over nearly 400 catheter-days of vancomycin, had only one mild case of phlebitis (11%) and a remarkable 89% completion of therapy.

Did you know that certain medications can cause symptom of 'Infusion site thrombophlebitis'. Find these drugs listed on the page and be warned of similar symptoms as possible side-effects.