A new study shed light on the large proportion of nursing home residents who have venous catheters, or intravenous (IV) lines, left in long after antibiotics are completed. Untimely removal poses ...
AUSTIN (KXAN) — State inspectors are investigating whether Texas nursing homes improperly administered IV vitamin infusions to residents without signed doctor’s orders. IV, or intravenous therapy, ...
Newly disclosed disciplinary records indicate an investigation into an Iowa nurse sanctioned for professional incompetence ...
The potential risk occurs when clinicians use the same bin to start IVs as they move from patient to patient. Consider the probability of a clinician contaminating this bin while retrieving supplies ...
The IV therapy business is booming across South Carolina—on every corner there seems to be a new IV/hydration/wellness storefront or mobile clinic advertising hangover cures and wellness improvement.
On a Thursday evening in early October, Jennifer Fina, a registered nurse at Vassar Brothers Medical Center in Poughkeepsie, received an unexpected phone call. A department in the hospital had been ...
Damage from Hurricane Helene stopped production at an IV manufacturing plant in North Cove, North Carolina in October, leading to shortages of IV fluids across the country. While it has been about a ...
WILLIAMSTON, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--As demand for SorbaView SHIELD ® Securement System increases, with more than 9.7 million sold in the past 12 months in hospitals and healthcare facilities across ...
Amy Reighard, RN, MSN, CGRN, clinical director of Allegheny Regional Endoscopy Center in Altoona, Pa., describes three ways her ambulatory surgery center worked to improve IV start times for ...