An IV team at Aintree Hospital in Liverpool addressed a gap in service provision by integrating ultrasound-guided cannulation into their trust's service. This initiative won the Patient Safety ...

SINGAPORE - Trainee nurses at Singapore General Hospital (SGH) will soon use a new automated platform that takes the guesswork out of administering intravenous (IV) drips during training. The system – ...

The Singapore General Hospital has started training its nurses in IV cannulation using VR technology. A team of SGH nurses, together with Serious Games Asia and sensor solutions developer Microtube ...

Although she has been a nurse for 18 years, Andrea still remembers how nervous she felt when she had to perform her first intravenous (IV) cannulation on a patient. Inserting a cannula, or a thin tube ...

Background: Established noninvasive pharmacologic means of alleviating pain and anxiety in children undergoing intravenous cannulation are time-consuming, and thus impractical for routine use in the ...

A topical spray reduced pain by 34% in children undergoing intravenous procedures, such as injections and tube insertions (cannulation), compared with a placebo group. The findings from this ...

Intravenous (IV) therapy is administering fluids directly into a vein. It benefits treatment by enabling water, medication, blood, or nutrients to access the body faster through the circulatory system ...