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1. Stop injection/infusion immediately
2. Get extravasation kit
3. Put on (sterile) gloves
4. Replace infusion lead or syringe with 5 ml disposable syringe and aspirate slowly as much as possible of the extravasated drug; Cave! do not exert pressure on extravasation area
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Mader, I., Fürst-Weger, P., Mader, R., Nogler-Semenitz, E., Wassertheurer, S. (2010). Cyclophosphamide. In: Extravasation of Cytotoxic Agents. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-211-88893-3_22
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