The Management of Extravasation of Chemotherapy Agents
This clinical risk alert from our lead clinical partner, TMLEP, covers the management of of Extravasation of Chemotherapy Agents. Extravasation is the leakage of fluids from a vein into the surrounding tissues and is a recognised complication of insertion of a cannula. Chemotherapy agents are cytotoxic in that they have anti-cancer activity, but also have the potential to cause tissue destruction if they extravasate into surrounding tissues when being administered.