Health care professionals and medical practitioners can use this PVC audit template to ensure that best practices are followed in the administration of peripheral venous catheters. Ensure patient safety and prevent IV line complications by:
• Validating the physician's order so the appropriate equipment and supplies can be prepared
• Performing basic hand hygiene and ensuring that equipment and supplies are also adequately sanitized
• Selecting the best venipuncture site to minimize risk of yanking and maximize comfort
• Stabilizing the IV line to avoid accidental catheter displacement
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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
Full name of nurse/medical practitioner who administered the PVC
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PVC Audit Checklist
Health care professionals and medical practitioners can use this PVC audit template to ensure that best practices are followed in the administration of peripheral venous catheters. Ensure patient safety and prevent IV line complications by:
• Validating the physician's order so the appropriate equipment and supplies can be prepared
• Performing basic hand hygiene and ensuring that equipment and supplies are also adequately sanitized
• Selecting the best venipuncture site to minimize risk of yanking and maximize comfort
• Stabilizing the IV line to avoid accidental catheter displacement
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