Nurse #protip: spiking an IV bag

Nurses are always in a rush. Time is not a luxury we have most days, and we definitely can get caught up in the million-and-one things we have going on simultaneously... but what ever you do.. don't get so distracted that you suffer from an IV bag misfire!

[not that I've ever done that before....]

Be careful not to actually spike through the IV bag inlet.... all of that wonderful fluid inside that IV bag.... yeah... it's going all over the floor, the equipment and anything else in its path (including all over you).

Take an extra five minutes to ensure you have things in order before you 'spike' that next IV bag.

Oh... and I would highly recommend you follow my warnings about administering blood products. You'll thank me later.

Until next time...

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[pinkpeony]

True confession: The very first time I ever had to hang blood, I pierced the bag. The patient was the husband of the nursing supervisor. The supervisor was staring at me in disbelief. I was sure I would lose my job after that, but never heard another word about it. She was a lot more merciful than her reputation would have us to believe. These thirty years later I still feel a bit sick.

[alygail]

I pierced through a bag of regular saline while I hanging it, but that was it. That mess, in front of the family, while preparing for the admission, was enough to teach me to slow the H down.
Thank goodness it wasn't blood, or a "banana bag" sent up from the pharmacy, or a piggy back bag of meds from the pharmacy. That would have been a mell of a hess. I can only imagine the paperwork.

[lisaabbgy]

Through the inlet, through the bag and THROUGH MY FREAKIN HAND!!!

[ladynottingham]

I guess a man with big ol’ hands and sausage fingers could do it ? I don’t know....