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8 hours ago, mstal3965 said:I was told something about "infectious flushing" - but haven't been able to find any documentation/guidelines about this.
There is a thought that if biofilms are developing on the catheter a turbulent flush can potentially knock away planktonic bacteria into the body. This is more of an explanation of the biofilm process and how bacteremias are developed but not really a guideline to follow.
If there is suspected biofilm that thing needs to get yanked out quick. If you doubt flushing it then get orders to DC.
mstal3965
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Having a hard time finding guidelines regarding whether to flush - or not to flush - a potentially infected line. Any information?