Infusion Therapy Standards of Practice for Home Care
Every 5 years, the Infusion Nurses Society publishes the Infusion Therapy Standards of Practice. The infusions addressed in the Standards include IV-, SC-, intraosseous-, and intraspinal-access devices and infusions. Among the areas covered are infusion-therapy practice, patient and clinician safety, infection prevention and control, infusion equipment, vascular-access device (VAD) selection and placement, vascular-access management, severe VAD-related complications, and other infusion devices and therapies. Read more.

Intermittent Bolus or Slow Infusion Better in Hyponatremia?
Hyponatremia occurs in up to 42% of hospitalized patients and has been associated with increased mortality. Hypertonic saline is used to manage symptomatic hyponatremia. Undertreatment of hyponatremia can result in cerebral edema, whereas overtreatment can produce permanent neurologic deficits secondary to osmotic demyelination syndrome. Read more.

Role of Elastomeric Infusion Pumps in Outpatient Antibiotic Therapy
As care has shifted from the inpatient to outpatient setting, outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy has become a mainstay. Advances in technology, such as the elastomeric pump, facilitate the use of OPAT since these devices do not require external tubing. They also generally have longer storage and stability specifications. Read more.