Transcription of Peripheral Intravenous Cannulation Best Practice Guidelines
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ABMU Peripheral cannula best Practice Guidelines , April 2017 Page 1 of 20 Peripheral Intravenous Cannulation Best Practice Guidelines Issue April 2017 Document Author: Paul Lee, Medical Device Training Manager Approved by: Cathy Dowling, Interim Deputy Director of Nursing and Patient Experience Delyth Davies, Head of Nursing: Infection Prevention and Control Date of Original Version: January 2012 Date of Current Version: April 2017 Review Date: April 2020 ABMU Peripheral cannula best Practice Guidelines , April 2017 Page 2 of 20 Issue status Issue Original version (as PVC care bundle) September 2012 Issue Updated cannula record form (3 x cannulae) Added Chloraprep cleaning for skin Updated reference to Epic 3 Guidelines Added no more than 2 fail
A peripheral vascular access device(VAD) is a device that is inserted into a peripheral vein for therapeutic purposes e.g. administration of medications, fluids and/or blood products. For the purpose of this policy this will be defined as a ‘cannula ‘and the process ‘cannulation’.
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