A client is receiving intravenous (IV) chemotherapy. The nurse is aware that the chemotherapeutic agents are so irritating to tissues that they can cause blistering or necrosis. These types of chemotherapeutic agents are considered to be:
a. carcinogens c. scabicides
b. corticosteroids d. vesicants
D
Extravasation is the leakage of chemotherapeutic drugs from the vein into the surrounding tissues. This is a serious complication of the administration of intravenous (IV) vesicants that can lead to blistering or necrosis of the involved tissue.
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