IV & Cannula Information
Getting medicine or fluids into your body Sometimes you need medicine or fluids put directly into your veins. This is called intravenous or IV therapy.
A nurse will put a small, flexible tube called a cannula into a vein in your arm. This lets them give you the medicine or fluids you need.
The cannula can stay in your arm for up to 5 days. There are other types of tubes they can use that will stay in longer, like a PICC line that goes close to your heart. Keeping it safe Putting in IV lines and giving IV medicine is very carefully done. Pharmacists double check it is the right medicine and dose. Nurses administer IV fluids and medications from the prescription and perform safety checks before administering.
Nurses will check the site often to avoid infection. Let them know if it is sore, red, or leaking.
IV pumps make sure you get the right amount of medicine or fluids.
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