Vein Finder Improves Success Rate

Finding a vein is the most crucial factor in determining the success of an IV access attempt. Indeed, injection seems to be a simple action. But, it can be quite challenging, especially when dealing/ treating patients with obesity, small or fragile blood vessels.

Using the portable Vein Finder SIFVEIN-5.2 is vital to improve the success of IV insertion. It is a vein-finding device that illuminates the veins, basically identifying the vein patterns on a patient’s skin, therefore making IVs and other venipuncture procedures easier.

SIFVEIN-5.2 works by projecting near-infrared light onto the skin. The harmless light is absorbed by the blood and reflected by surrounding tissue. 

Then it projects a digital image of the patient’s vein pattern. The vein image shows up in high definition, in real-time, by holding the hand-held device over the skin. 

The device can detect peripheral veins up to 10 millimeters deep and blood patterns up to 15 millimeters deep.

According to statistics, the failure rate of the first attempt of venipuncture: 10%-20% of adults, 40% of children. 58% of the patients were not satisfied with the nurse’s venipuncture level. Improper operation of venipuncture will not only make the patient suffer the pain of needle insertion many times but also may cause phlebitis, blood vessel obstruction, or other complications.  

Yet, a study showed that a pediatric surgical unit’s venipuncture first-attempt success rate increased by as much as 80 percent when VeinViewer was used, according to the journal Pediatric Nursing.

Using Vein Finder is for more than just starting IV lines. It is used to locate where cosmetic injections such as Botox should be handled, as well as to help make it easier to draw blood from a blood donor. It can be used regardless of the size, age, or skin tone of a patient. 

To sum up, vein finders improve vein access by providing operative vein imaging, vein anchoring, and stretching of the skin, all in a simple, hand-held device.

Disclaimer: Although the information we provide is used by different doctors and medical staff to perform their procedures and clinical applications, the information contained in this article is for consideration only. SIFVEINFINDER is not responsible neither for the misuse of the device nor for the wrong or random generalizability of the device in all clinical applications or procedures mentioned in our articles. Users must have the proper training and skills to perform the procedure with each vein finder device.

The products mentioned in this article are only for sale to medical staff (doctors, nurses, certified practitioners, etc.) or to private users assisted by or under the supervision of a medical professional.