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1. Informed Consent/ Authorization for PICC Placement

   IVT-G posted a topic in Infusion

   Our institution here in TMH has declared that a informed consent/ authorization was not needed when a PICC is placed by the RN's. We have been obtaining authorizations since the we started placing PICC over 25 years ago. Of all the institutions that...

2. LPN's inserting MVC

   IVT-G posted a topic in Infusion

   I recently have had a LPN inserting MVC within our IVT department. Organizational Policy is written per myself. Fl. state board of nursing as I interpret it, allows this. MVC are peripheral lines and is stated as such in the INS standards. Are there...

3. PICC Placement

   IVT-G posted a topic in Infusion

   Has anyone experience a radiologist who insist in giving a PICC location as: At the level of the azygous. Thanks. IVT-G:uhoh3: