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V A S C U L A R
A C C E S S
Technology for
Chris Lippert, RN, MBA, CAPA
Smoother IV Starts
SAFE IV STARTS With the push of a button,
a spring-activated safety mechanism on this
safety catheter retracts the needle into the
barrel of the applicator.
Increase first-stick success with safety catheters and vein finders.
Dan O'Connor | Editor-in-Chief
C
an't feel a vein, can't see a vein. As pressure-packed events
in surgery go, what else but the difficult IV start can knot the
stomach and clench the jaws of patient and provider alike?
For your patients, there's the dread of impending pain — or at least
what they expect will be a hurtful stick. As Kathy LeSage, RN, director of St. Luke's Surgical Center in Tarpon Springs, Fla., says, "The IV
start is often the one thing that patients complain of most during the
procedure."
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