Need to Know, Here's How to Install a Good and Correct Infusion


Knowing how to install a good and correct infusion is actually the duty of health workers. Even so, it never hurts for you to know how to install an IV, especially if the person closest to you is a patient who is undergoing outpatient treatment at home.

Now before discussing how to install a good and correct infusion, it's a good idea to know at a glance about the infusion and the purpose of giving it itself. For that, continue to see the explanation of the following infusion. 

Infusion at a glance

Infusion is actually a method used to enter drugs into the body directly through the blood vessels. Well, this one infusion method is not necessarily given to every patient who falls ill, but only to patients who are no longer able to take drugs orally or by mouth.

Usually, the recommendation for infusion will be given by the doctor when the patient is already in a weak condition and requires medicine to enter the body immediately, so that the condition does not get worse. Examples of this condition include patients who are dehydrated, stroke, and poisoned. In these conditions, taking the drug orally by mouth will take a longer time because it must go through the digestive process first. 

 Method of Administration of Drugs Through Infusion

Apparently, there are two methods of administering drugs through an IV that can be used in conditions where a person needs intravenous fluids immediately. The two infusion methods include the manual method and also the pump. 

In the manual method, infusion is done by relying on the force of gravity so that the amount of drug remains the same over a period of time. This method may be a method that you will often encounter in many patients. In this case, the nurse will usually adjust how fast the infusion fluid drips by reducing or increasing the pressure on the tube attached to the infusion tube.

As for the pump method, intravenous fluids are given by relying on an electric pump. In this case, the amount and rate of infusion needed can be programmed via a special pump. Well, for this method itself, it can only be used when the dose of the drug to be given has been controlled and appropriate. 

How to Install a Good and Correct Infusion

Installation of infusion should not be done by just anyone and carelessly. Infusion will be done by a nurse or doctor. Before installing the infusion, there are several tools that need to be prepared in advance. The following are the tools that need to be prepared in advance before installing the infusion.

  • Infusion fluids according to patient needs

  • Infusion standard

  • the pearls

  • Plaster

  • Scissors

  • Crooked

  • Tourniquet

  • Sterile gloves

  • Box 

  • Alcohol swab

  • Betadine

  • After preparing these tools, then how to install a good and correct infusion? Here's how to install a good and correct infusion.

    • Before installing the infusion, first wash your hands thoroughly.

    • Keep equipment close to the patient for easy access.

    • Explain to the patient about the procedure and the sensations that will be felt.

    • Position the patient in a lying position.

    • Prepare intravenous fluids and connect them to the infusion tube. After that hang the infusion fluid to the standard infusion. 

    • Determine the area of ​​the vein to be punctured to deliver the infusion.

    • Installing the pedestal.

    • Place a damming tourniquet about 15 cm above the vein to be punctured.

    • Use sterile gloves.

    • Provide disinfectant on the area to be punctured with a diameter of 5cm to 10 cm. 

    • Insert the IV catheter into the vein using a needle facing the heart.

    • Make sure the IV needle is fully inserted into the vein.

    • Connect the inserted IV needle to the infusion tube. 

    • Cover the insertion area using sterile dry gauze and then apply a plaster.

    • Adjust the infusion drip accordingly.

    • Take off the gloves.

    • Attaching an execution label that includes information about the executioner's name and execution time. 

    • Cleaning tools and washing hands. 

    Thus an explanation of how to install an infusion that you need to know. Be aware of the side effects of infusion such as infection in the injection site, to blood clots. If these things happen, immediately contact the nearest doctor or nurse. 

    That's enough information that the aido team can provide, hopefully it will be useful.

    To find out more about health, you can video call directly with the doctor on the Aido Health health application . Download the Aido Health app on the App Store and Google Play.

    Also Read: Infusion Function According to the Type of Liquid

    Source:

    Ellis, Mary Ellen. 2017. Intravenous Fluid Regulation. 

    Case-Lo, Christine. 2021. Intravenous Medication Administration: What to Know.

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