IV tubing change

Jan 07, 2002 02:18 PM

by Judy T

Would people on this group be willing to share your policies on time frames for changing IV tubings? Currently we change the primary line every 72 hours and a secondary piggyback line every 24 hours. Is what you have based on long-standing policy or do you have a reference that I could use for substantiation of a change in our policies.
Thank You

nurse-lou · Jan 12, 2002, 01:50 PM

The policy at the last two hopsitals that I have worked at state that all IV tubing be changed every 72 hours. Unless it is tubing for TPN--that gets changes every 24 hours.

Chuckie · Jan 13, 2002, 03:35 PM

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kewlnurse · Jan 14, 2002, 08:41 PM

Iv tubing get s changed q 72 hours, bags, q 24, hyper al, q 24, dht/peg feeds q 24. Propofol q 12 (just found that out the other day) Dilantin tubing c/every bag.

jeniousno1 · Sep 10, 2002, 08:08 AM

hello,
we have an iv policy and we change the giving sets every 72hours and this is probably standard policy.
we also use venflon charts to record the observation of venflons on a 4hourly basis.
hope this helps you.

jeniousno1 · Sep 23, 2002, 03:49 PM

hello,
when we use syringe drivers to administer small infusions of 10mls - 12mls, the I.V. line is changed daily because the line is primed with the new infusion before connection to the patient, as the I.V. giving set has a safety valve attached so that the patient does not get more than their infusion is set at, hope this helps.

Groovydogg · Sep 24, 2002, 07:59 PM

Hi, I work for a home IV infusion company (we deal with IV drugs exclusively) I teach the patients to administer their therapy. Our policy is: regardles of the access (PIV, PICC, PORT, etc) the tubing is to be changed every 24 hours. Depending on the therapy this may be several doses or just one.

pollux · Sep 26, 2002, 08:11 AM

Every 72 hrs and any lines with TPN or additives will be Q24hrs

rreed · Mar 17, 2003, 10:21 PM

we used to be every 72 hrs but policy has been changed to q 4 days for IV fluids
still q 24 hrs for TPN/PPN.

New CCU RN · Mar 17, 2003, 10:27 PM

IV Bags q24 hrs except Diprivan which is q12 and PCA pump bag which is q72 and TPN/lipids which are q24
IV tubing is q72 hrs except Diprivan and TPN/lipids which are q24

Any pressure monitoring tubing is also q72 and the bags ie)swan bag must be changed q24.

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IV tubing change

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