Thomas Wherry, MD, is medical director for Health Inventures and medical director for Total Anesthesia Solutions, and Cindy A. King RN, CPHQ, is director of clinical, quality and compliance for Health ...
The potential risk occurs when clinicians use the same bin to start IVs as they move from patient to patient. Consider the probability of a clinician contaminating this bin while retrieving supplies ...
Amy Reighard, RN, MSN, CGRN, clinical director of Allegheny Regional Endoscopy Center in Altoona, Pa., describes three ways her ambulatory surgery center worked to improve IV start times for ...
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 ...
Denver Health, EMS provider for the city and county of Denver, is reversing its longtime policy preventing firefighters from starting IVs. The move comes as the fire department has asked for several ...
If you can’t seem to start an IV, use a BP cuff.When the cuff is inflated to around 80 mm Hg,deep veins will be more apparent and the patient easier to stick. Clinical Advisor, a trusted source of ...
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