The CVAA Guidelines are being launched at the Annual Conference in Quebec City (April 24-26, 2019) and the CVAA Board and Guideline Development Group are so excited to share them with you!

Each week leading up to the launch, we will be sharing a sneak peek. 

This week, Infusion Therapy!

The topics included in the Guidelines; Infusion Therapy:

• Parenteral Medication and Infusion Administration
• Infusion Control Devices
• Administration Sets
• Filters
• Power Injection
• Blood and Fluid Warmers
• Therapeutic Phlebotomy
• Blood Sampling
• Infusion Complications

 Some highlights include:

• How to provide point-of-care access
• Which safety-based resources you need for medication administration
• Medication storage
• How to assess appropriateness of order
• Aseptic technique and routine practice
• How to administer multiple infusions safely
• Patient-Controlled Analgesia
• How to select the appropriate luer lock administration set
• When to change administration set
• Tracing infusion pathway
• Which filters to use
• When to use blood and fluid warmers
• Which VAD to use for therapeutic phlebotomy
• Methods for venipuncture blood sampling, blood sampling from VAD and blood cultures
• How to assess a patient’s fluid and electrolyte status