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Online IV Certification FAQs
Avoid Nerve Damage
Drops Per Minute Chart
Online IV Certification
Phlebitis Grading Scale
SASH
Phlebogenic Medications
Scrub The HUB
Time Tape an IV
Practice I.V. Insertions
TPN Monitoring Schedule

Scrub The HUB

SCRUB the HUB

15 SECONDS

YOU can prevent catheter related blood stream infections

Studies have shown the use of a friction scrub for 15 seconds to the needleless I.V. connector with alcohol alone or chlorhexidine/alcohol solutions is effective in disinfecting the needleless I.V. connector surface.

Clean injection ports before each use
S.A.S.H. requires cleaning the HUB - 4 times