Some medications must be given by an intravenous (IV) injection or infusion. This means they’re sent directly into your vein using a needle or tube. In fact, the term “intravenous” means “into the ...

The following article was originally published in Preventing Infection in Ambulatory Care, the quarterly e-publication from the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology ...

An intravenous (IV) injection is an injection of a medication or another substance into a vein and directly into the bloodstream. It is one of the fastest ways to get a drug into the body, often ...

To effectively reduce unnecessary processing and overproduction of i.v. medications, it was first necessary to analyze medication orders. A medication order analysis was completed to accurately ...

RIVA, an automated compounding system from Intelligent Hospital Systems, prepares 50-1,000 mL IV bags, and can also prepare low- concentration dilution bags for pediatric dosing. South Carolina-based ...