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Peripheral IV Catheter Removal Demo (2 of 2)

Removal of peripheral IV catheter using an alcohol swab on a dummy arm. Unedited version, no titles yet. Demonstration 2 of 2.

Published 1 year ago

By alicec3

Peripheral IV Catheter Removal Demo (1 of 2)

Removal of a peripheral short IV catheter on a live person using an alcohol swab to lesson discomfort. Unedited version- no titles yet. Did a repeat on demo on dummy arm with better views during dressing removal.

Published 1 year ago

By alicec3

Peripheral IV Catheter Insert Supplies

Demonstration of supplies needed for a peripheral short IV catheter insertion procedure. Unedited, unpolished version- no titles yet.

Published 1 year ago

By alicec3

Peripheral IV Catheter Insertion Demo 1

Peripheral IV catheter insertion procedure. Edited into titled sections for each step of the procedure with close up views of the procedure.

Posted 1 year ago

Tourniquet Application

A video clip demonstration of tourniquet application for an IV catheter insertion procedure

Published 1 year ago

By alicec3

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Peripheral IV Catheter Insertion Demo 1

Peripheral IV catheter insertion procedure. Edited into titled sections for each step of the procedure with close up views of the procedure.

Posted 1 year ago

Never Use Parenteral Syringes for Oral Medications

A recent report by the Institute for Safe Medication Practices says that despite past warnings, serious medical errors continue to occur when parenteral syringes are used to administer oral medications. The underlying problem is that once a parenteral syringe is filled with a liquid intended for oral use, it can be accidentally connected to an intravenous line. That's why oral syringes should always be used for oral medications because they can't readily be connected to an IV line and can't accommodate a needle.

ISMP describes several cases in which oral medications were prepared in a parenteral syringe and accidentally given intravenously. In one case, a week-old infant died after an intermittent feeding was prepared in a parenteral syringe and administered intravenously instead of through a nasogastric tube. In another case, a nurse prepared yogurt in a parenteral syringe, intending to give it through an enteral tube to treat diarrhea. The patient had both an enteral and PICC line, both of them unlabled, and the nurse accidentally administered the yogurt through the PICC line.

In still another case, Versed and Tylenol liquids were withdrawn into a parenteral syringe, to be given orally to a child being prepared for surgery. When the nurse in charge was called away, a student nurse gave the drugs intravenously. The child was unconscious for nearly an hour and required several days of antibiotics. In these cases and others, it took only a momentary mental lapse to connect a parenteral syringe containing an oral liquid to the wrong line - sometimes with fatal results.

ISMP points out that it is not enough to have the pharmacy dispense oral liquids in a unit-dose cup. In some cases, nurses have withdrawn the liquid from the cup into a parenteral syringe and then administered the dose intravenously.

ISMP stresses that all patient care and procedure units should be supplied with oral syringes, even if they are used infrequently, and nurses need to understand the importance of using them. They should carry an auxiliary label that prominently says, "for oral use only."

ISMP's alert features a ten-point strategy for promoting the use of oral syringes in healthcare facilities.

FDA Patient Safety News: January 2010

For more information, please see our website:
http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/psn/transcript.cfm?show=94#9

Published 1 year ago

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Warnings for Rocephin

Roche Laboratories is warning about the danger of administering the antibiotic Rocephin (ceftriaxone sodium) along with IV products that contain calcium, such as parenteral nutrition, because harmful precipitates can occur.

The labeling describes cases of fatal reactions in neonates where precipitates were found in the infants' lungs or kidneys. In some of these cases, the Rocephin and the calcium-containing solutions were administered through different infusion lines or at different times. Even though there are no reported cases of these precipitates in patients other than neonates, there's a potential for this type of interaction in patients of any age.

Because particulates could form, the labeling now says:

-- Don't reconstitute or mix Rocephin with products that contain calcium. These include Ringer's solution, Hartmann's solution and parenteral nutrition formulations with calcium.

-- Don't administer Rocephin at the same time as calcium-containing solutions, even if they're delivered through different infusion lines.

-- Don't administer Rocephin and solutions that contain calcium with within 48 hours of each other.

There are no data on whether Rocephin might interact with calcium-containing products that are given orally. It is also not clear whether intramuscular Rocephin might interact with calcium-containing products, either IV or oral.

The labeling also reemphasizes that neonates with hyperbilirubinemia should not be treated with Rocephin, especially premature neonates. That's because in vitro studies have shown that Rocephin, like some other cephalosporins, can displace bilirubin from its binding to serum albumin, and that could result in bilirubin encephalopathy.

FDA Patient Safety News: November 2007

For more information, please see our website:
http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/psn/transcript.cfm?show=69#6

Published 4 years ago

By USFoodandDrugAdmin

Peripheral IV Catheter Insert Supplies

Demonstration of supplies needed for a peripheral short IV catheter insertion procedure. Unedited, unpolished version- no titles yet.

Published 1 year ago

By alicec3

Ultrasound-Guided Peripheral Venous Access - Part 1

This video details how the use of ultrasound imaging can identify deep and nonpalpable veins that can accommodate the placement of an intravenous catheter. The video also depicts how Dopper color flow is used to differentiate the brachial artery from other anatomical structures. For more videos and information about ultrasound technology, go to http://www.sonosite.com.

Published 2 years ago

By SonoSite

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