06/08/2026
IV Therapy Complications (āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĨā§āϰāĻžāĻĒāĻŋāϰ āĻāĻāĻŋāϞāϤāĻžāϏāĻŽā§āĻš)
â𩹠Infiltration
âIV fluid leaks into surrounding tissue: āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĢā§āϞā§āĻāĻĄ āĻāĻļā§āĻĒāĻžāĻļā§āϰ āĻāĻŋāϏā§āϝā§āϤ⧠āϞāĻŋāĻ āĻāϰ⧠āĻŦāĻž āĻā§āĻŋā§ā§ āĻĒā§ā§āĨ¤
âTx: āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āϰāĻŋāĻŽā§āĻ (āĻ
āĻĒāϏāĻžāϰāĻŖ) āĻāϰā§āύ, āĻšāĻžāϤ/āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻā§āϤ⧠āϤā§āϞ⧠āϰāĻžāĻā§āύ (elevate), āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāώā§āĻ āĻžāύ āĻŦāĻž āĻšāĻžāϏāĻĒāĻžāϤāĻžāϞā§āϰ āύāĻŋā§āĻŽ āĻ
āύā§āϝāĻžā§ā§ āĻāϰāĻŽ āĻ
āĻĨāĻŦāĻž āĻ āĻžāύā§āĻĄāĻž āϏā§āĻ (warm/cool compress) āĻĻāĻŋāύ, āĻāĻā§āϰāĻžāύā§āϤ āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύ⧠āĻŽā§āϝāĻžāϏāĻžāĻ āĻŦāĻž āĻŽāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻļ āĻāϰāĻŦā§āύ āύāĻžāĨ¤
ââ ī¸ Extravasation
âA vesicant medication leaks into surrounding tissue, causing severe tissue damage: āĻāĻ āϧāϰāĻŖā§āϰ āĻā§āώāϤāĻŋāĻāĻžāϰāĻ āĻā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻā§āϝāĻžāϞāϝā§āĻā§āϤ āĻāώā§āϧ (vesicant medication) āĻāĻļā§āĻĒāĻžāĻļā§āϰ āĻāĻŋāϏā§āϝā§āϤ⧠āĻā§āĻŋā§ā§ āĻĒā§ā§ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻŽāĻžāϰāĻžāϤā§āĻŽāĻ āĻāĻŋāϏā§āϝā§āϰ āĻā§āώāϤāĻŋāϏāĻžāϧāύ āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
âTx: āĻ
āĻŦāĻŋāϞāĻŽā§āĻŦā§ āĻāύāĻĢāĻŋāĻāĻļāύ āĻŦāύā§āϧ (STOP) āĻāϰā§āύ, āϞāĻžāĻāύ āĻĢā§āϞā§āϝāĻžāĻļ (flush) āĻāϰāĻŦā§āύ āύāĻž, āĻĻā§āϰā§āϤ HCP-āĻā§ (āϏā§āĻŦāĻžāϏā§āĻĨā§āϝāϏā§āĻŦāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻžāύāĻāĻžāϰā§/āĻĄāĻžāĻā§āϤāĻžāϰ) āĻāĻžāύāĻžāύ, āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻā§āϤ⧠āϤā§āϞ⧠āϰāĻžāĻā§āύ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻ
ā§āϝāĻžāύā§āĻāĻŋāĻĄā§āĻ (āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāώā§āϧāĻ) āĻĒāĻžāĻā§āĻž āĻā§āϞ⧠āϤāĻž āĻĒā§āϰā§ā§āĻ āĻāϰā§āύāĨ¤
âđĨ Phlebitis
âVein inflammation, can turn into a clot: āϰāĻā§āϰ āĻŦāĻž āĻļāĻŋāϰāĻžā§ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻžāĻš āĻŦāĻž āĻĢā§āϞāĻž āĻāĻžāĻŦ, āϝāĻž āĻĒāϰāĻŦāϰā§āϤā§āϤ⧠āϰāĻā§āϤāĻāĻŽāĻžāĻā§ (clot) āϰā§āĻĒ āύāĻŋāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āĨ¤
âTx: āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āϰāĻŋāĻŽā§āĻ āĻāϰā§āύ, āĻāϰāĻŽ āϏā§āĻ āĻĻāĻŋāύ, HCP-āĻā§ āĻāĻžāύāĻžāύāĨ¤
â𩸠Hematoma
âBlood pools in tissue (blown vein): āϰāĻ āĻĢā§āĻā§ āĻāĻŋā§ā§ (blown vein) āĻāĻŋāϏā§āϝā§āϰ āĻā§āϤāϰ āϰāĻā§āϤ āĻāĻŽā§ āϝāĻžāĻā§āĻžāĨ¤
âTx: āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻā§āϤ⧠āϤā§āϞ⧠āϰāĻžāĻā§āύ, āĻāĻžāĻĒ āĻĻāĻŋā§ā§ āϧāϰ⧠āϰāĻžāĻā§āύ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻŦāϰāĻĢ/āĻ āĻžāύā§āĻĄāĻž āϏā§āĻ āĻĻāĻŋāύāĨ¤
âđ¤ Infection
âMicroorganisms enter the bloodstream through the IV: āĻāĻāĻāĻŋāϰ āĻŽāĻžāϧā§āϝāĻŽā§ āϰāĻā§āϤāĻĒā§āϰāĻŦāĻžāĻšā§ āĻ
āĻŖā§āĻā§āĻŦ (āĻā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŖā§) āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦā§āĻļ āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
âTx: āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āϰāĻŋāĻŽā§āĻ āĻāϰā§āύ, āĻŦā§āϞāĻžāĻĄ/āĻā§āϞāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻā§āϝāĻžāϞ āĻāĻžāϞāĻāĻžāϰ āϏāĻāĻā§āϰāĻš āĻāϰā§āύ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻĒā§āϰā§ā§āĻāύ āĻ
āύā§āϝāĻžā§ā§ āĻ
ā§āϝāĻžāύā§āĻāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ āĻĻāĻŋāύāĨ¤