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Unused IV catheters cost U.S. hospitals billions

Unused IV catheters cost U.S. hospitals billions

Imagine a patient is admitted overnight for a mild UTI. In the ED, she is told that a peripheral IV catheter (PIVC) needs to be inserted. She asks why—after all, she is volume neutral, taking her daily medications by mouth without issue, and her CBC/CMP are unremarkable. “It is just a precaution,” she is told—just
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Unused IV catheters cost U.S. hospitals billions originally appeared in KevinMD.com.

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