Daphne Broadhurst, Marie Cooke, Deepa Sriram, Lauren Barber, Riccardo Caccialanza, Mathias Brix Danielsen, Stacie Lynne Ebersold, Lisa Gorski, David Hirsch, Gerardine Lynch, Shirlyn Hui-Shan Neo, Claire Roubaud-Baudron, Brenda Gray
Infusion of fluids and medications is traditionally performed intravenously. However, venous depletion in patients has led to the quest for vessel health preservation. A safe, effective, acceptable, and efficient alternative is the subcutaneous route. A lack of organizational policies may contribute to the slow uptake of this practice. This modified e-Delphi (electronic) study aimed to derive international consensus on practice recommendations for subcutaneous infusions of fluids and medications. A panel of 11 international clinicians, with expertise in subcutaneous infusion research and/or clinical practice, rated and edited subcutaneous infusion practice recommendations from evidence, clinical practice guidelines, and clinical expertise within an Assessment, Best Practice, and Competency (ABC) domain guideline model...
July 2023: Journal of Infusion Nursing: the Official Publication of the Infusion Nurses Society