I am looking for Visual Infusion Phlebitis Score tool sheets. I have found a site online that shows several models but.....they are from the UK and not to be photocopied or used in the U.S. I even called the companies and asked them, and thier counter parts in the U.S.
I am aware there is a phlebitis scale in the INS standard book but, I am looking for the ones that allows you to grade the site and then includes the suggested actions for each score.
Do any of you utilize a form or tool like this and or have a policy that goes along with it? I would love to have this available for our staff.
Thanks, Gina Ward R.N.
Email me at [email protected].
INS references a study by Paulatte Gallant. The scale has been revised since the original article and does include PIV scores and actions.
Deb McPherson, MSN, RN-BC, VA-BC
Staff Development
Maine Medical Center
Portland, Maine
207-662-2774