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Skills Check-Off IV Piggyback Candidate:________________________ Date:________________________ Signature:_____________________ Points Possible Points Awarded Time Started:_______ Takes, or verbalizes, body substance isolation precautions Confirms correct patient Confirms patency of primary IV site Checks selected IV fluid for: Proper fluid (1) Clarity (1) Expiration Date (1) Checks selected medication: Proper medication (1) Concentration (1) Expiration Date (1) Injects correct amount of

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IVPiggyback

Skills Check-Off IV Piggyback Candidate:________________________ Date:________________________ Signature:_____________________ Points Possible Points Awarded Time Started:_______ Takes, or verbalizes, body substance isolation precautions Confirms correct patient Confirms patency of primary IV site Checks selected IV fluid for: Proper fluid (1) Clarity (1) Expiration Date (1) Checks selected medication: Proper medication (1) Concentration (1) Expiration Date (1) Injects correct amount of

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Skills Check-Off

IV Piggyback

Candidate:_______________________ Examiner:________________________

Date:___________________________ Signature:________________________

Points Points
Time Started:_______ Possible Awarded
Takes, or verbalizes, body substance isolation precautions 1
Confirms Allergies 1
Confirms correct patient 1
Confirms patency of primary IV site 1
Checks selected IV fluid for: Proper fluid (1) Clarity (1) Expiration Date (1) 3
Checks selected medication: Proper medication (1) Concentration (1) Expiration
3
Date (1)
Injects correct amount of medication into IV bag 1
Labels mixed medication appropriately 1
Connects appropriate administration set 1
Prepares administration set 1
Attaches appropriate device (needle, blunt needle, or needless device) to
1
administration set
Cleanses port of primary line 1
Inserts device (needle, blunt needle, or needless device) into most proximal port on
1
primary line
Hangs secondary bag above primary bag 1
Adjusts flow rate of secondary line 1
Secures device (needle, blunt needle, or needless device) to port which it was inserted 1
Verbalizes need to watch patient for desired/adverse effects of the medication 1
Time End:_______ Total 21

CRITICAL CRITERIA
Does not immediately don or verbalize BSI
Contaminates site of injection and does not take appropriate action
Administers improper medication (wrong drug, incorrect amount, or infuses at a
inappropriate rate
Failure to flush tubing on secondary set
Failure to hang secondary bag above primary bag

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