Essential Home Health Care In-Home Skilled Nursing Services
IV Infusions Therapy
IV Infusion Therapy (Intravenous Therapy)
Many patients rely on therapies that require intravenous (IV) administration to recover from illness or injury or to manage disease. This therapy is provided by Essential Home health care in the comfort and convenience of your own home.
Our Patients
At home, Essential Home health care offers IV antibiotic, antifungal, and antiviral therapies to patients of all ages suffering from a variety of infectious disease conditions and other issues. Patients with the following conditions may benefit from Essential Home health care’s infused antibiotic therapy:
- HIV/AIDS
- Wound care
- Osteomyelitis
- Cellulitis
- Pneumonia
- Septicemia
- Endocarditis
- Meningitis
- Infections of the surgical wound
- Trauma
- Infection of the urinary tract
- Oncologic therapy-related fungal infections
Our Intravenous Team at Essential Home Health Care
The IV therapy specialists at Essential Home health care are highly trained and provide the same level of care that you have come to expect from Essential Home health care. We collaborate closely with each patient and family, as well as your doctor, to ensure that we are meeting your clinical needs while also assisting you in achieving your health goals. Our team includes:
- Clinical pharmacists who are specially trained to manage all intravenous therapies and monitor your care plan are part of our team.
- Nurses who have received intravenous therapy training.
- IV technicians who are licensed by the state and certified in compounding sterile processing techniques to assist with IV therapies.
Care Continuity
At Essential Home health care, we understand how important it is to have a trusted health care professional. As a result, you will be cared for by a single nurse who is trained in both home health and intravenous therapy.
Our Services
The intravenous therapy specialists at Essential Home health care offer a wide range of services to patients, including:
- Coordinate the transfer of IV antibiotic therapy from the hospital to the patient’s home within four hours of receiving a physician’s order.
- Maintain patient safety by adhering to strict reaction protocols that allow (when possible) the first dose of therapy to be administered at home.
- Choose the most effective administration method for each patient, which may include traditional gravity administration, intravenous push administration, and ambulatory pump options.
- Evaluate the efficacy of treatments on a regular basis and keep an eye out for signs of adverse reactions in patients.
- Communicate with your doctors about your health status on a regular basis and suggest treatment changes if necessary.
Our Mission
To assist our clients in maintaining a safe and healthy home environment conductive to achieving the highest level of functional independence in the comfort of their homes.