Published January 2020 | Version v1
Journal article

Contamination during an injection. How to manage risks related to extravasation?

  • 1. Centre Hospitalier Universitaire - CHU de Lyon (France)
  • 2. Laboratoire d'evaluation de la dose interne - LEDI, Institut de Radioprotection et de Surete Nucleaire - IRSN (France)

Description

When injected, a medicine may diffuse outside of the vein. This is what is called extravasation. A physicist specialised in nuclear medicine discusses this problem, and outlines that, in such a case, the treatment is to be stopped. A figure describes and indicates immediate measures, recommendations to prevent this issue and to take it into care. Another specialist indicates that, in case of extravasation, a precise dose calculation is performed

Additional details

Additional titles

Original title (French)
Contamination lors d'une injection. Comment gerer les risques lies a l'extravasation?

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Reperes
Journal Issue
no.44
Journal Page Range
p. 17-19
ISSN
2103-3811