Figures & data
Figure 1 Relative percentages of infusion devices used before (A) and after (B) the intravenous team’s intervention (2009 versus 2012).
Abbreviations: CVC, central venous catheter; PICC, peripherally inserted central catheter.
Figure 2 Number of PICC procedures before and after the intravenous team’s intervention.
Abbreviation: PICC, peripherally inserted central catheter.
Figure 3 Cases of complications in infusion therapy in 2011 and 2012.
Figure 4 Driver (A) and drug container (B) of ambulatory infusion pumps for fluorouracil infusion.
Note: Apon®; Nantong Aipu Medical Instrument Co., Ltd., Nantong, People’s Republic of China.
Figure 5 An illustration of a packaging method to overcome liquid leakage of chemotherapeutic infusion around the syringe needle.
Notes: A disposable infusion pipe is connected to a 50 mL syringe, making a slipknot on the connecting pipe. The combined devices are packaged into an aseptic sealed plastic bag.
