You are making initial shift assessments on your patients. While assessing one patient's peripheral IV site, you note edema around the insertion site. How will you document this complication related to IV therapy?
A) Air emboli
B) Phlebitis
C) Infiltration
D) Fluid overload
Ans: C
Feedback: Infiltration is the administration of nonvesicant solution or medication into the surrounding tissue. This can occur when the IV cannula dislodges or perforates the wall of the vein. Infiltration is characterized by edema around the insertion site, leakage of IV fluid from the insertion site, discomfort and coolness in the area of infiltration, and a significant decrease in the flow rate. Air emboli, phlebitis, and fluid overload are not indications of infiltration.
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