IV infusion
Slow medicinal drip
An IV infusion is the slow, controlled delivery of fluids, medications, or nutrients directly into a vein through an intravenous line.
Unlike a quick injection, an infusion drips steadily over minutes or hours: The chemotherapy was administered as a four-hour IV infusion.
Medical settings use infusion pumps to regulate the rate precisely.
- IV bagHanging fluid pouch
- normal salineSterile isotonic salt solution
- central lineIV catheter to major vein
- vitaminsEssential organic nutrients
- immunoglobulinsProtective blood proteins
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Drugs swallowed whole
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Extracting blood for testing
phlebotomy · blood donation · fluid drainage · aspiration · exsanguination
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