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  1. Interesting Patient Scenario--Can you guess what's going on?

    PICC ACE replied to PICC ACE's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    Second hint--Her left arm started to get a little puffy compared to the

  2. Annual PICC competency ?

    PICC ACE posted a topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    I am trying to implement an annual competency for my group of inserters. Does anyone out there have on in their facility? Looking for ideas and tips... Thanks,

  3. Annual PICC competency ?

    PICC ACE replied to PICC ACE's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    Determined one---Fax # 608-258-6325. Mary---We don't technically read them at this point but we're working on getting that added to the program. The issue arises especially on PM's or nights when...

  4. triple lumen PICC lines

    PICC ACE replied to PICC chic's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    Gail-Anne: I've done them both ways--one in each arm and two in the same arm. If I think I need to use the same arm I check with the ordering MD to see if they have any concerns about two lines going...

  5. triple lumen PICC lines

    PICC ACE replied to PICC chic's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    We have started stocking Bard's 6Fr Triple Lumen Per-Q's and have put in 6 in the last 3 months. They are nice for a really sick patient that needs 3 separate lines. 6Fr is pretty big,though,so they...

  6. Survey on PICC placement

    PICC ACE replied to ghostcat's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    We have a group of PICC'ers in our hospital that do them bedside. We have about 320 beds,as a hospital we do around 175 PICCs a month between the RN's and the Rads. The Rads read the CXR's if they're...