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IV Insertion

This document provides a checklist for intravenous insertion with 17 steps including preparing supplies, introducing yourself to the patient, inserting the IV cannula, securing and dressing the cannula, and disposing of supplies properly. The checklist includes ratings for excellent, satisfactory, and needs practice for each step and space for remarks.

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IV Insertion

This document provides a checklist for intravenous insertion with 17 steps including preparing supplies, introducing yourself to the patient, inserting the IV cannula, securing and dressing the cannula, and disposing of supplies properly. The checklist includes ratings for excellent, satisfactory, and needs practice for each step and space for remarks.

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NAME: ___________________________________________ DATE: ________________

YEAR/SECTION/GROUP: ______________________ C. INSTRUCTOR: ____________

CHECKLIST OF IV INSERTION

STEPS EXCELLENT SATISFACTORY NEEDS REMARKS


PRACTICE
1. Perform hand hygiene.

2. Check order to verify


solution, rate, and frequency.
3. Gather supplies.
• Ensure that you have
all of your equipment
ready as follows:
• Alcohol cleanser.
• Gloves.
• An alcohol wipe.
• A disposable
tourniquet.
• An IV cannula.
• A suitable plaster.
• A syringe.
• Saline.
• A clinical waste bin.
4. Introduce yourself to the
patient and clarify the
patient’s identity. Explain the
procedure to the patient and
gain informed consent to
continue. Inform that
cannulation may cause some
discomfort but that it will be
short lived.

5. Sanitize your hands using


alcohol cleanser
6. Position the arm so that it is
comfortable for the patient
and identify a vein
7. Apply the tourniquet and re-
check the vein
8. Put on your gloves, clean the
patient’s skin with the alcohol
wipe and let it dry
9. Remove the cannula from its
packaging and remove the
needle cover ensuring not to
touch the needle
10. Stretch the skin distally and
inform the patient that they
should expect a sharp scratch
11. Insert the needle, bevel
upwards at about 30 degrees.
Advance the needle until a
flashback of blood is seen in
the hub at the back of the
cannula
12. Once the flashback of blood is
seen, progress the entire
cannula a further 2mm, then
fix the needle, advancing the
rest of the cannula into the
vein
13. Release the tourniquet, apply
pressure to the vein at the tip
of the cannula and remove the
needle fully. Remove the cap
from the needle and put this
on the end of the cannula
14. Carefully dispose of the
needle into the sharps bin
15. Apply the dressing to the
cannula to fix it in place and
ensure that the date sticker
has been completed and
applied
16. Check that the use-by date on
the saline has not passed. If
the date is ok, fill the syringe
with saline and flush it
through the cannula to check
for patency.

If there is any resistance, or if


it causes any pain, or you
notice any localized tissue
swelling: immediately stop
flushing, remove the cannula
and start again
17. Dispose of your gloves and
equipment in the clinical
waste bin, ensure the patient
is comfortable and thank
them.

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