Researchers explored the effects of normal saline flush, ice packs, and magnesium sulfate compresses on incidence and severity of chemotherapy-related phlebitis.
Nursing has few universally inviolable rules. Any nurse who has worked in more than a single hospital throughout his or her career understands the extent to which nursing practice can vary from one ...
Some medications must be given by an intravenous (IV) injection or infusion. This means they’re sent directly into your vein using a needle or tube. In fact, the term “intravenous” means “into the ...
The following article was originally published in Preventing Infection in Ambulatory Care, the quarterly e-publication from the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology ...
How can the medication administration nurse safely identify residents who do not wear name bands, and why is this practice more common in long-term care? Caring for nursing home residents can be quite ...
BD Showcases Solutions and Technologies to Improve Patient Safety Across the Continuum of Care at #EAHP2017 BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX), a leading global medication technology ...
A scoping review reveals that nurses’ routine use of non-sterile gloves during IV antibiotic preparation offers no proven protection, and may actually undermine infection control, increase costs, and ...
Between the release of the first CMS guidance establishing the 30-minute rule and the revocation of that guidance, the ISMP was not idle. In fact, the organization has accomplished something we have ...
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