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 ...

Dragana Simin, Ph.D., R.N., from the University of Novi Sad in Serbia, and colleagues evaluated complications among 368 adult patients undergoing 1,428 peripheral intravenous cannula insertions in ...

Startup ivWatch was formed in December 2010 in an effort to create technology that would enable safer use of peripheral IVs for infusion--by creating a device that continuously monitors a patient ...

ivWatch CEO Gary Warren said peripheral IV therapy failure rates due to infiltration are estimated to be between 25-50%. “ It’s crazy how bad the problem is,” Warren said.

Infiltration frequency was > in blacks than whites (p=0.03), ... Helms, R. RISK FACTORS AFFECTING THE SURVIVAL OF PERIPHERAL INTRAVENOUS LINES IN INFANTS. Pediatr Res 21 (Suppl 4), 286 ...

• Infiltration: This occurs when the catheter unintentionally enters the tissue surrounding the blood vessel. The intravenous infusion must be stopped, obviously, to avoid putting any more fluid ...

“Many health systems and children’s hospitals in Canada have recognized peripheral IV infiltration as a serious safety event,” said Scott Hensley, executive vice president of sales and ...

A new study published in the peer-reviewed British Journal of Nursing this month examines several important metrics that describe the performance of the ivWatch patient monitoring system for IV ...