Table of Contents

Policies and Procedures for Infusion Therapy: Ambulatory Infusion Centers

• Table of Contents 33 free
• • Preface 66
  • Infusion Therapy in the Ambulatory Infusion Setting 77
• Chapter 1: General Organizational Properties 1111
• • Infusion Team 1212
  • Competence and Competency Validation 1414
  • Product Evaluation, Integrity, and Defect Reporting 1717
  • Informed Consent 1919
  • First Dose Administration 2323
  • Latex Sensitivity or Allergy 2525
  • Adverse and Serious Adverse Events 2727
• Chapter 2: Infection Prevention and Safety Compliance 3030
• • Hand Hygiene 3131
  • Sharps Management 3434
  • Medical Waste Disposal 3636
  • Durable Medical Equipment Disinfection 3737
  • Standard Precautions 3939
  • Transmission-based Precautions 4242
• Chapter 3: Vascular Access Device Placement 4545
• • Vascular Access Device (VAD) Planning 4646
  • Local Anesthesia 5252
  • Short Peripheral Catheter (SPC) Placement 5656
  • Ultrasound-Guided Short Peripheral Catheter (SPC) Placement 6363
  • Ultrasound-Guided Midline Catheter Insertion 6868
  • Ultrasound-Guided Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter (PICC) Insertion Using Modified Seldinger Technique (MST) 7777
• Chapter 4: Site Care and Maintenance 8787
• • Administration Set Change 8888
  • Maintaining Vascular Access Device (VAD) Patency: Flushing and Locking 9191
  • Vascular Access Devices (VADs): Ongoing Assessment, Site Care, and Dressing Change 9696
  • Vascular Access Device (VAD) Removal 102102
• Chapter 5: Infusion-related Complications: Identification & Intervention 107107
• • Air Embolism 108108
  • Allergic Reaction and Anaphylactic/Anaphylactoid Reactions 111111
  • Catheter Damage 114114
  • Central Vascular Access Device (CVAD) Malposition 118118
  • Central Vascular Access Device (CVAD) Occlusion 122122
  • Central Vascular Access Device (CVAD)-Associated Venous Thrombosis 129129
  • Circulatory Overload 133133
  • Infiltration/Extravasation 135135
  • Nerve Injuries 145145
  • Phlebitis 148148
  • Vascular Access Device (VAD)-Associated Infection 152152
• Chapter 6: Other Infusion-Related Procedures 156156
• • Preparing Parenteral Medications 157157
  • Implanted Vascular Access Port: Accessing and Deaccessing 160160
  • Phlebotomy: Blood Sampling from a Vascular Access Device (VAD) 166166
• Chapter 7: Other Infusion Access 174174
• • Intraspinal Access Device: Care and Management 175175
  • Subcutaneous Access Device: Placement and Infusion Administration 183183
  • Intraosseous Access Device: Placement, Care, and Management 188188
• Chapter 8: Infusion Therapies 193193
• • Intravenous (IV) Administration: Continuous Infusion, IV Push, Intermittent Infusion 194194
  • Transfusion Therapy 205205
  • Parenteral Nutrition (PN) 212212
  • Antineoplastic Therapy 216216
  • Biologic Therapy 223223
  • Patient-Controlled Analgesia (PCA) 227227
  • Moderate Sedation/Analgesia 231231
  • Therapeutic Phlebotomy 234234
• Illustrations 239239