Intravenous (IV) Therapy: Discontinuing an IV
Verify written doctor’s order to discontinue IV including IV medicines
Observe ten (10) Rs.
Assess and inform the patient of the discontinuation of IV infusion & of any medicine.
Prepare the necessary materials: IV tray or injection tray with sterile cotton balls with alcohol, plaster, pick-up forceps in antiseptic solution, kidney basin, Band-Aid.
Wash hands before and after procedure.
Close the roller clamp of the IV administration set.
Moisten adhesive tapes around the IV catheter with cotton ball with alcohol; remove plaster gently.
Use pick-up forceps to get cotton ball with alcohol and without applying pressure, remove needle or IV catheter then immediately apply pressure over the venipuncture site.
Discard all waste materials including the IV cannula according to Health Care Waste Management (DOH/DENR).
Reassure patient.
Document time of discontinuance, status of insertion site and integrity of IV catheter and endorse accordingly.
This copy of the procedures from the 7th edition of the Nursing Standards on Intravenous Practice by ANSAP was reproduced for educational purposes of Filipino student nurses and registered nurses who need to review and study the procedures prior to actual IVT training and practicum.
nice…
very good!
ANSAP guidelines..
IVT Nurses.. great
I get to start my first real person Iv Monday. Just a tad nervous
Excellent! 👍
Muy interesante.
I miss hospital setting…
Naice
Nice!
Nice one!
Does anyone else think the “R’s” are getting out of hand?
Gloves ?
wow standards…in our hospital in the remote province all of this are not followed…
Pick up forceps??? Not necessarily. Alcohol on cotton balls?????? My gawd.
Yes, “R’s” are getting a bit out of hand. It should just be one “R” for “right common sense”.
I miss the hospital setting
..and miss my nurse co workers coming to get me to start the IV’s… and the patients smiles to see me
..they forgot to mention to make sure that the plastic thread was all there when you remove from the vein..otherwise very good!!
Alcohol pn cotton balls and forceps
..a bit much tho..lol
Implementing theory into practice is very difficult.
Nice
Cotton balls with alcohol and forcep? I think it’s a bit too much. Yeah wash your hand before the procedure then we use gloves then was our wash after the procedure. It’s more pracrical. Although I work in a European country bur never encounter that.
They don’t mention gloves, but why forceps? Are they truly necessary?
Forceps 4 cotton ball is*t 4 I/v removal
Boy if I had a buck for everyone I’ve d/c’ed…lol
In US gloves would be worn.
The forcep not needed….gloves yes
Where are her gloves??? C’mon!!!!! Bad example!
ALWAYS THE R’S.
Ladies and gentlemen: don’t expect the real world to be anything like you read in text books. Just make sure you wear gloves.
Gloves and hand wash yes cotton balls alcohol and a forcep bit over the top
If you use alcohol on the cotton ball when you pull needle it will cause bleeding under skin around site! Use dry sterile cotton ball to apply pressure!
whats wrong with ripping the patients hairs out from the uber-sticky dressing that keeps the IV in place?
I just pop a glove on, get my dot bandaid ready, quickly rip the tape off around the cannula and once all the tape is off, I wrap it up around the cannula and pull the cannula out. Quickly put the dot there and apply pressure and all done! If I know they are on blood thinners, I will put pressure with a gauze for a little bit longer and then put the dot bandaid on.
Are u reading this Kelly ,,
As to what i rember we didnt even use gloves, just cotton balls wet&dry and the tape… Voila! done! xD
Always wear gloves when in contact w blood or body fluid that’s not your own (blood can splatter when removing IV if patient moves); gently remove clear dressing, keeping IV in skin; Use dry gauze and apply slight pressure while slowly removing IV cannula from skin (alcohol will make the site bleed and possibly bruise); apply tape to gauze (if band aids are used, the site may start to bleed again if small pressure dressing is not applied).
Oh my…this makes me laugh. Gotta love Paradise Memorial.
After washing and gloving. It all starts with the smallest flash then stop! Pull the need out, flush and float in with saline. Stubborn veins enter from the side. Works about 90% of the time. If all else fails heat up the heat with warm blankets and try again.
In remote areas these are barely followed…no resources for this.
Yes, don’t use alcohol on the cotton…drinking it is better to stop the pain of removing the port!
forcep to clamp the vein if its bleedin/