PVC Audit Checklist

Check physician's order, verify patient's identity, and gather the appropriate supplies for PVC administration

Perform hand hygiene and check if patient has already been tested for allergies (Latex, tape, antiseptics)

Confirm client's dominant hand (perform venipuncture on the non-dominant hand later)

Apply clean gloves and clean venipuncture site

Minimize insertion pain as much as possible by using ice, transdermal analgesic creams, or intradermal injection

Perform venipuncture then dress insertion site

Apply an IV site protector if available then loop tubing and secure with tape

Label the dressing with date, time of insertion, type, gauge of catheter used, and nurse's initials

Discard all used disposable items and appropriate receptacles