- What it does
- Delivers sterile fluids, medications, blood products, and nutrients directly into the venous or arterial systems of patients. This category spans devices like IV catheters, infusion sets, and extension tubing that establish vascular access and maintain a regulated, sterile fluid pathway.
- How it flows
- These physical medical supplies are procured through healthcare distributors and stocked in clinical supply rooms. Clinicians physically unpackage, assemble, and connect these sterile disposable goods to patients, fluid reservoirs, and electronic infusion pumps.
- Summary
- Intravenous and arterial administration products physically flow from medical device manufacturers to healthcare distributors, where they are staged for hospital delivery. They are routed to clinical supply rooms, where medical staff unpack and connect them to establish sterile vascular access pathways for patients, culminating in regulated biohazard disposal.