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The potential risk occurs when clinicians use the same bin to start IVs as they move from patient to patient. Consider the probability of a clinician contaminating this bin while retrieving supplies ...

Amy Reighard, RN, MSN, CGRN, clinical director of Allegheny Regional Endoscopy Center in Altoona, Pa., describes three ways her ambulatory surgery center worked to improve IV start times for ...

A new study shed light on the large proportion of nursing home residents who have venous catheters, or intravenous (IV) lines, left in long after antibiotics are completed. Untimely removal poses ...

Damage from Hurricane Helene stopped production at an IV manufacturing plant in North Cove, North Carolina in October, leading to shortages of IV fluids across the country. While it has been about a ...

In the weekend edition of The Brief podcast, listen to why a University of Texas at Austin sophomore says attending in-person labs during the pandemic is worth the risk. Mary Grace Scales, a ...