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Infusion therapy

Installation and removal of the dressing and stabilization device of a PIVC

Procedure consisting of installing or removing a dressing or a stabilization device on a short or long peripheral intravenous cat (PIVC).

Publication date: 2025/10/06

Emergency situations
Infusion therapy
Drugs and other substances

Direct injection of intravenous medication (IV push) 

Procedure consisting of using a syringe to administer a medication directly into the VAD or a proximal access site (Gorski, 2023, INS, 2024a).

Publication date: 2025/10/06

Infusion therapy
Drugs and other substances

Administering using an elastomeric pump

Procedure consisting of administering an infusion therapy using an elastomeric pump.

Publication date: 2025/10/06

Infusion therapy
Drugs and other substances
Infection prevention and control
Sampling and testing

Reference framework governing skin asepsis for vascular access, venipuncture or injection

Set of guidelines governing the practice of skin antisepsis at the insertion, puncture or injection site.

Publication date: 2025/10/03

Infusion therapy

Installation and removal of a needleless connector on an intravenous VAD

Procedure consisting of installing and removing a needleless connector to a vascular access device (VAD). 

 

Publication date: 2025/10/03

Emergency situations
Infusion therapy
Drugs and other substances

Verifying patency, flushing and locking of an intravenous VAD

Procedure consisting in administering a flushing and/or locking solution into the lumens of an intravenous vascular access device (VAD).

Publication date: 2025/10/03

Infusion therapy

Insertion and removal of a non-coring needle (Huber)

Procedure consisting of inserting and/or removing a non-coring needle (Huber) into the septum of an implanted vascular access port (IVAP). 

Publication date: 2025/10/02

Infusion therapy

Removal of a Midline, peripherally inserted (PICC Line) or nontunneled CVAD

Procedure consisting of removing a Midline catheter, a peripherally inserted (PICC-Line) or nontunneled central vascular access device (CVAD).

 

Publication date: 2025/10/02

Infusion therapy

Treating an intravenous CVAD occlusion

Procedure consisting of administering a pharmaceutical treatment to manage the occlusion of an intravenous central vascular access device (CVAD)excluding hemodialysis catheters.

Publication date: 2025/10/02

Infusion therapy
Specialized care

Measuring Central Venous Pressure (CVP)

Procedure consisting of measuring the central venous pressure (CVP) of a person with a intravenous central vascular access device (CVAD). 

Publication date: 2025/10/02

Infusion therapy
Drugs and other substances

Administering patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) with a pump

Procedure aimed at relieving pain by administering analgesia using an electronic infusion pump controlled by the personthis is known as patient-controlled analgesia (PCA).

 

Publication date: 2025/10/02

Infusion therapy
New

Peripheral nerve bloc catheter removal

Procedure consisting of removing a peripheral nerve block (PNB) catheter. 

Publication date: 2025/10/01