Is there a way to flush a IV line that has IV med running in it,you have to flush cause air is in the line,without wasting the med? I heard a nurse say she puts the med back in the bag after flushing the line,but I dont know how the hell she did it and maintains sterility.
just the other day I had an ICU nurse show me this trick: twist the tubing around your pen, and this will sqeeze the bubble back into the bag.... I tried it and it worked well, and easily!
I am sure some will disagree but a nursing instructor told me it took about 15cc of air to be a problem in a line (except an art line) and then she showed me that you can't actually get that much air in most lines so I quit worring about "little" bubbles.
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Is there a way to flush a IV line that has IV med running in it,you have to flush cause air is in the line,without wasting the med? I heard a nurse say she puts the med back in the bag after flushing the line,but I dont know how the hell she did it and maintains sterility.