On the INS infiltration scale blood is listed along with irritants and vesicants as a grade 4. Is bood avesicant? Can it be safely infused through a midline catheter
I have never found any evidence that blood is a vesicant. There are no studies reporting infusion of blood through a midline that I can quickly recall, but this would require a literature search to confirm. Lynn
I have never found any evidence that blood is a vesicant. There are no studies reporting infusion of blood through a midline that I can quickly recall, but this would require a literature search to confirm. Lynn
Lynn Hadaway, M.Ed., RN, BC, CRNI
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