IV bag

Saline delivery container

An IV bag is a flexible plastic container holding fluid for intravenous delivery—saline, medication, blood, or nutrients administered directly into a vein.

The bag hangs from a pole, allowing gravity to feed liquid through tubing into a patient's arm: She watched the IV bag slowly empty during her chemotherapy session.

Related

infusion · needle · tubing · fluid · hydration · nurse · nursing station · medication · clear · clear liquid · hanging · pole · vein · sterile · solution · catheter · patient · bedside

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Opposites
method of administration

IV bagoral medication

Drugs swallowed whole

pill · tablet · capsule · suppository · topical cream

medical function

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Waste collection after diversion surgery

dialysis machine · chest tube

direction of bodily fluid flow

IV bagurine bag

Container collecting excreted liquid

colostomy bag · bedpan · urinal

Family

IV, bag, bags, bagged, bagging, baggy, bagger

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Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G