Placing PIV in stroke affected arm (Evidence Based research)

[Tracykg]

My infusion center does not place PIV's in a stroke affected arm, but we are finding this practice in the hospital when placed by bedside nurses. Although I can find snippets of information that says not to place them in a stroke affected arm, I cannot find any research articles that back this up. I have looked at the INS Standards of Practice and still do not see anything specific to this other than "don't do it."

Can anyone provide any good, evidence based research articles on this?

Thank you,

[NRSKarenRN, BSN, RN]

Is your infusion center part of a hospital system that has a librarian on staff? If so, they can help you with performing literature search as often has access to subscription medical research databases eg CINAHL.

Best wishes with your project.