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Intravenous

Definition

Intravenous means within or administered through a vein (a blood vessel). The term is often abbreviated I.V..

Additional Info

Intravenous administration of medicines or withdrawal of a blood sample is usually done with a syringe tipped with a small hollow needle. I.V. lines (tubes or catheters) are used when a large volume of fluid (such as saline) or blood needs to be delivered in a controlled fashion.

Solutions that are administered intravenously must have their electrolytes properly adjusted to avoid damaging the blood cells and/or causing serious bodily damage or death.

Not all injections are intravenous. For example, flu vaccines are administered directly into muscles (intramuscular or IM injection).

MSDS Relevance

On an MSDS, this term usually appears in one of two contexts:
1. In describing how the LD₅₀ value on a test animal such as a mouse was determined.
2. In an instruction for emergency medical personnel to, for example, administer fluids or an antidote.

Further Reading

Intravenous Therapy at the Diponegoro Nurses Association. The Facts About Intravenous Catheter Lines by The Body. I.V. Starts...Improving Your Odds at Emergency Nursing World has some handy tips for fledgling phlebotemists. I.V. Catheters and Fluids at Long Beach Animal Hospital. A closer look at I.V. fluids at BNET. IV fluids: Do you know what's hanging and why? at ModernMedicine. The home page of the Infusion Nurses Society. See also: intraperitoneal, LC50. Additional definitions from Google and OneLook.

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