IV

Abbreviation Patient Preparation

Intravenous: into a vein. Draw from the other arm when an IV is infusing, because IV fluid or medicine can alter the results.

Sources

• Appendix B: Some Common Abbreviations · MedlinePlus, U.S. National Library of Medicine
• How To Do Venous Blood Sampling (Merck Manual Professional Edition, procedure page) · Merck & Co., Inc. (Merck Manuals)
• Nikolac N, Supak-Smolcic V, Simundic AM, Celap I. Croatian Society of Medical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine: national recommendations for venous blood sampling (based on CLSI H3-A6). Biochem Med 2013;23(3):242-254 (PMC3900082) · Biochemia Medica via PubMed Central

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• Patient Preparation, question 6A nurse reports that a patient's IV gentamicin infusion finished at 1400, and the order reads "gentamicin peak." At about what time should…

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