CarolMarie

Latest Activity

1. Ultrasound Tech's assisting w/ PICC's insertions using their maching?

   CarolMarie replied to CarolMarie's topic in Infusion

   Thanks for your input. I'm kinda thinking your right about gathering data. I haven't heard of other ultrasounds besides the site rite so I will look into the other brands you mentioned. We place very few PICC's, but we see a great opportunity to incr...

2. Ultrasound Tech's assisting w/ PICC's insertions using their maching?

   CarolMarie posted a topic in Infusion

   Greetings, I'm so eager to ask but I'm pretty sure I know the answer. Does anyone inserting PICC's use their ultrasound department? We currently are using our ultrasound person and their machine. The U.S. tech gowns and places the probe on the arm an...

3. Closure device's being used in Cath Labs

   CarolMarie replied to CarolMarie's topic in Cardiac

   Wow, I'm surprised no closure devices at all in your lab. Do you use things like Syvek's or Clo-Sur pad to control bleeding? For those using radial access do you use a SiteRite or SonoSite Ultrasound?

4. Closure device's being used in Cath Labs

   CarolMarie replied to CarolMarie's topic in Cardiac

   We too are having bleeding problems with the StarClose and Perclose ProGlide. We are going back to the AngioSeals, but the Dr.'s also want to start using the newest product Arstasis. It is getting expensive having all of these products on the shelf. ...

5. Closure device's being used in Cath Labs

   CarolMarie posted a topic in Cardiac

   I'm looking for some help.We seem to be going from one closure device to another. First it was the Angio-Seals, next was StarClose and Perclose ProGlide, and now the Dr.'s want to use a new device called Arstasis. What are other Cath Labs using? We a...