IV bags

Saline solution containers

IV bags are the clear plastic pouches used to deliver fluids, medications, or nutrients directly into a patient's bloodstream through intravenous tubing.

They hang from poles beside hospital beds, dripping their contents at controlled rates.

The term is sometimes shortened to just IVs: The nurse came in to change his IVs.

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hospital bed · needle · needle stick · tubing · hydration · clear · plastic · hanging · pole · nurse · medication · fluid · vein · catheter · sterile · electrolytes · bedside · transfusion

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route of administration

IV bagsoral medication

Drugs swallowed whole

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invasiveness of delivery

IV bagsoral medication

Drugs swallowed whole

topical application · ointments · lotions · gels · gargles

fluid direction

IV bagscolostomy bags

External waste collection devices

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IV, bags, bag, bagged, bagging, baggy, intravenous, intravenously, venous

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Rated G