What you need to know about intravenous infusions
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What you need to know about intravenous infusions

Lynne Pearce Health journalist

Find out how to recognise risk and prevent complications in a procedure nursing students worry about getting right

Intravenous (IV) infusion is a method of delivering a wide range of medication or fluid directly into someone’s circulation, via an intravenous access device, such as a cannula or central line,’ says Cardiff University senior lecturer in adult nursing Andy Parry.

Nursing Older People. 36, 5, 14-15. doi: 10.7748/nop.36.5.14.s6

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