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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . An extravasation reaction is one of those situations in oncology therapy that everyone wants to avoid and no one ...

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 ...

IV infiltration and extravasation adverse events represent some of the most frequent and costly complications in hospital care, with failure rates in infusion therapy nearing 50 percent, and higher ...

When chemotherapy drugs accidentally leak into the tissues surrounding your veins or catheter, it’s called extravasation. While it doesn’t happen very often, it’s a serious complication. Chemotherapy ...

The measurement of the concentration of hydrogen ions, pH, is another important consideration when evaluating a medication's risk of infiltration or extravasation. A normal pH of blood is between 7.35 ...