Critical Care Unit: the nightmare of IV infusion
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Context According to a study published in 2008, ICU patients receive on average 13 different medications per day, 7 of which being given intravenously. Another study about Critical Environment revealed in 2003 that over a 24-hour period, an average of 178 activities were required for a single patient, and that a single nurse carried out 84% of these tasks. Given these figures, the management of IV infusion in Critical Care patients is clearly recognised as a high risk practice that nurses conduct routinely and that requires specific and adapted solutions.
Problems
Infusion management:
-Multiple drugs to infuse - Dead space and slow flowrate to deal with - Backflow/Bolus in lines to avoid - Drug incompatibilities to manage
Nurses issues
- Complex lines management
Infection risk
- ICU patients are fragile and must be protected
Solution : octopus™ Range Inotropes line
Sedation line
Resuscitation line
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Advantages:
- Safe and optimised infusion management - Patient’s safety - Ease of use
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