JAMIATU DANSALAN AL-ISLAMIA FOUNDATION
Jims Café, Panggao Saduc, Marawi City
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN NURSING
NAME: ___________________________________ DATE: __________
PRIMING IV TUBING
DEFINITION:
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PURPOSE:
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EQUIPMENT:
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CONSIDERATION BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER THE PROCEDURE:
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THINGS TO DOCUMENT AFTER THE PROCEDURE:
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PROCEDURE RATIONALE 3 2 1 0
1. 1. Perform hand hygiene.
2. 2. Check order to verify solution,
rate, and frequency.
3. 3. Gather supplies.
4. 4. Remove IV solution from outer
packaging and gently squeeze.
5. 5. Remove primary IV tubing
from outer packaging.
6. 6. Move the roller clamp about 3
cm below the drip chamber and
close the clamp.
7. 7. Remove the protective cover
on the IV solution port and keep
sterile. Remove the protective
cover on the IV tubing spike.
8. 8. Without contaminating the
solution port, carefully insert the
IV tubing spike into the port,
gently pushing and twisting.
9. 9. Hang bag on IV pole.
10. 10. Fill the drip chamber one-
third to one-half full by gently
squeezing the chamber. Remove
protective cover on the end of
the tubing and keep sterile.
11. 11. With distal end of tubing over
a basin or sink, slowly open roller
clamp to prime the IV tubing.
Invert backcheck valve and ports
as the fluid passes through the
tubing. Tap gently to remove air
and to fill with fluid.
12. 12. Once IV tubing is primed,
check the entire length of tubing
to ensure no air bubbles are
present.
13. 13. Close roller clamp. Cover end
with sterile dead-ender or sterile
protective cover. Hang tubing on
IV pole to prevent from touching
the ground.
14. 14. Label tubing and IV bag with
date, time, and initials.
15. 15. Perform hand hygiene.
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