Complication in Infusion Therapy for Elders:Cause and Nursing Methods / 中华医院感染学杂志

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE To probe how to avoid the complication after intravenous infusion for the elders. METHODS The cause of the complication in infusion therapy for the elders with a total of 80 cases in the past three years was analyzed retrospectively. RESULTS Among the complications after intravenous infusion for 80 elders,leakage injury accounted for 47 cases(58.5%), and phlebitis accounted for 21 cases(26.8%),respectively. CONCLUSIONS As the elders′ blood vessel wall is very thin,the intravenous infusion often causes injury,the nurses should pay more attention to operating of intravenous infusion for the elders,observing regularly,and prolonging the time for pressing the pinprick after pulling out the dropper,in order to reduce the coming of injury.