Intravenous infusion controllers
Janice Middleton Nurse Specialists IV Therapy, CRC Wessex Regional Medical Oncology Unit, Royal South Hants Hospital, Southampton
Julia Luken and Janice Middleton continue the short series of articles on intravenous infusions with a discussion about current equipment available to nurses to control intravenous infusions
The most common means of regulating intravenous infusions (IV) is the roller clamp. This is present on every non-dedicated administration set. There are problems with roller clamps which affect the accuracy of infusion rates.
Nursing Standard.
4, 29, 30-32.
doi: 10.7748/ns.4.29.30.s33
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