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The Visual Infusion Phlebitis score is a very popular tool for monitoring infusion sites. It is the tool recommended by the RCN for monitoring infusion sites. In 2006 Paulette Gallant and Alyce …

VIP score now recommended in the Infusion Nursing Standards of Practice (INS 2011). “The Visual Infusion Phlebitis (VIP) scale has content validity, inter-rater reliability, and is clinically feasible. This scale includes suggested …

References

Gallant P and Schultz AA (2006) Evaluation of a visual infusion phlebitis scale for determining appropriate discontinuation of peripheral intravenous catheters. Journal of Infusion Nursing. vol. 29, no. 6, p. 338-45.

INS (2011) Infusion Nursing Standards of Practice. Journal of Infusion Nursing. Supplement. 34(1s).

Stranz, M. and Kastango, E.S. (2002) A review of pH and osmolarity. International Journal of Pharmaceutical Compounding. 6(3), p.216-220.

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