Portal cath

[Avu00]

Is anyone know do we need md order to assess the portal cath?

[blondy2061h, MSN, RN]

As always, refer to your P&P.

In my facility, if a patient has a port, it is expected that you will access it and use it. Unless the doc suspects it as an infection source. In which case, we generally will access it long enough to draw quantitative blood cultures and then de-access.

If we suspect it's infected we'll specifically leave it accessed and infuse the antibiotics there.