JCKent

JCKent specializes in Vascular Access.

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1. IR *wants* to place PICC's.. now what??

   JCKent replied to RN Randy's topic in Infusion

   One thing you can offer these hospitals is that you can provide skilled nursing care to these lines after insertions. I'm sure your IR guys stick, picc, and run. I can only imagine the infection and complication rates these hospitals are dealing with...

2. PICC Removal

   JCKent replied to nursern07's topic in Infusion

   Typically when you meaure a PICC that has been removed you measure from the hub, where the catheter connects to the "wings" There should be a "0" or a dot at the begining of the catheter. Your measurement should start here and end at the tip of your ...