منابع مشابه
Intravenous catheter associated complications.
Two cases of intravenous catheter associated complications are reported herewith.
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Introduction:‎‏ ‏Intravenous catheter despite its high value to deliver fluids and electrolytes has ‎side effects such as phlebitis that is a serious risk for patient. ‎ Objective:‎‏ ‏This study aims to determine prevalence of peripheral intravenous catheter – ‎induced phlebitis.‎ Methods: In This descriptive study, ‎‏100‏‎ hos...
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BACKGROUND Inserting an intravenous catheter (IV) is one of the most frequently performed invasive procedures by nurses. Little research has been conducted on ways to reduce the difficulty and failure, and enhance the ease and success, of IV insertion. We conducted this study to determine variables associated with IV insertion difficulty, failure, and success, and to learn special techniques nu...
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Intravenous (iv) catheters are used frequently in hospitalized patients today. The most common complication of iv therapy is infection. Several studies (1-3) have reported the incidence of bacterial colonization of iv devices to range from 30 to 78%. In these reports, the local application of neomycin-polymyxin-bacitracin ointment to the insertion site did not produce uniform results in prevent...
متن کاملIntravenous catheter blood cultures: utility and contamination.
OBJECTIVE In pediatrics, blood cultures (BCs) are often drawn as intravenous (IV) catheters are placed. This routine minimizes the number of painful and often difficult punctures a child must undergo but results in the discarding of multiple BC bottles when these cultures are later determined to be unnecessary. If the contamination rate of BCs drawn through an indwelling IV did not exceed the c...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1970
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.3.5714.107-b