On call for PICC lines??

Jan 24, 2007 08:38 AM

by Lanurse0417

Anyone have any suggestions or thoughts on whether or not personnel should be on call for PICC line insertions. We are on call all hours of the night for them at our facility. We do not believe that this is an emergency procedure versus a central line. Anyone have any thoughts on this????

KEVIN88GT · Apr 10, 2007, 05:24 PM

Re: On call for PICC lines??

lol....are you getting paid to hold on to the pager? Just kidding...yes I dont see any situation where a PICC insertion is an emergency....

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On call for PICC lines??

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