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Clinically Indicated
Our Vascular Access Team has been looking at how to implement clinically indicated removal of the PIV vs routinely removing the device at 96 hours. We first brought the idea to our Nurse Managers and DON. We wanted to get
Clinically Indicated vs Routine Replacement
When looking at best practice for changing the peripheral IV, are we considering that we are performing another invasive procedure on our patients? The INS (Infusion Nurses Society) standards published in 2011, states that we no longer need to “routinely” change the patients
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Tagged best practice, dwell time, Infusion Nurses Society, PIV, routine replacement
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