Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare (PSQH) discussed IV infiltration and it’s potential for life-threatening consequences in a recent article. The piece, “Companies Work to Help Combat IV Infiltrations” includes commentary from ivWatch President and CEO, Gary Warren, and cites the ivWatch Model 400 as a clinician partner helping to deliver improved patient care with constant monitoring of the IV site. Read the full article here.
In the News: Companies Combating IV Infiltrations
ivWatch is the only FDA patient monitoring device analyzing data from the tissue surrounding an IV site, detecting IV infiltrations early.
References
1 Doellman, D. and Rineair, S. (2019) The use of optical detection for continuous monitoring of pediatric IV sites. Journal of the Association for Vascular Access: Summer 2019, Vol. 24, No. 2, pp. 44-47.