Air-in-Line Alarms: Decreasing Alarms Through Antisiphon Valve Implementation.

Air-in-Line Alarms: Decreasing Alarms Through Antisiphon Valve Implementation.
Clin J Oncol Nurs. 2019 Apr 01;23(2):209-211
Authors: Meade K, Catania K, Lopez B, Connell R
Abstract
The administration of 24-hour continuous chemotherapy infusions is common in certain regimens, such as EPOCH (etoposide, prednisone, vincristine, cyclophosphamide, and doxorubicin). Such regimens are notorious for clinically insignificant air-in-line (AIL) alarms because of the naturally bubbly composition of the drugs involved. An antisiphon valve, placed at the end of the IV tubing to pressurize the infusion and to minimize air bubbles, was found to decrease clinically insignificant AIL alarms. The positive outcomes of the current study could be applied to other infusions known for frequent clinically insignificant AIL alarms.
PMID: 30880809 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing - March 19, 2019 Category: Nursing Authors: Meade K, Catania K, Lopez B, Connell R Tags: Clin J Oncol Nurs Source Type: research