IV team nurses are experienced and highly skilled in providing intravenous therapies to patients for a wide range of conditions. The treatment is administered into a vein and aims to prevent avoidable hospital admissions or enable those in hospital to be discharged earlier.
Treatment is provided to anyone over 18 across Liverpool, North and South Sefton and we care for patients in local clinics and will also deliver care to housebound patients.
The nurses provide clinical support and leadership to other healthcare professionals and deliver teaching sessions on all aspects of care and maintenance of vascular access devices and the administration of intravenous antibiotics.
Liverpool
- Blood transfusions
- Platelet transfusions
- nMAB treatment
- Cellulits for admission avoidance via PGD
- Chemotherapy disconnection
- PICC line care and maintenance
- Hickman line care and maintenance
- Portacath line care and maintenance
- IV antibiotics for admission avoidance (refer to OPAT in LUHFT via ICE)
- IV antibiotics for facilitation of early discharge
- IV troubleshooting
- IV antibiotics via elastomeric device
- zolendronic acid treatment for hypocalcaemia in malignancy
Sefton
- nMAB treatment
- Cellulits for admission avoidance via PGD
- Chemotherapy disconnection
- PICC line care and maintenance
- Hickman line care and maintenance
- Portacath line care and maintenance
- IV antibiotics for facilitation of early discharge
- IV troubleshooting
- IV antibiotics via elastomeric device
- Zolendronic acid treatment for hypocalcaemia in malignancy
- Breeze Hill Neighbourhood Centre1-3 Rice Lane L9 1AD
- Formby Clinic, Philips Lane, Formby, L37 4AY
- Litherland Town Hall, Litherland Town Hall Health Centre, Hatton Hill Rd Litherland, L21 9JN
- South Liverpool Treatment Centre, 32 Church Rd, Garston, L19 2LW
Referrals are only accepted from GPs, Secondary and Tertiary care and local hospices via Single Point of Contact (SPC): Tel: 0300 323 0240, Email: spc
Referrals are accepted from primary, secondary, tertiary care and hospices. The IV Therapy Team accepts referrals from GPs or the hospital.