Dohboy

Dohboy has 8 years experience.

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1. PICC: aspirate blood before every infusion?

   Dohboy replied to mlolsonny's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

   Curos caps should be standard across the board for all piccs by now, they are inexpensive and effective. At no point do they replace the practice of scrubbing the

2. PICC: aspirate blood before every infusion?

   Dohboy replied to mlolsonny's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

   Yes, aspirate for blood before daily infusions per institutional policy and then flush with remaining saline as mentioned above. This is a way of confirming that the tip is still in the desired...

3. Whats wrong with this video?

   Dohboy replied to Sophie Garcia's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

   Depends on the depth of the vein that is attempting to be cannulated. Sometimes it is necessary to have a steep needle angle when attempting to cannulate a deep vein. Every situation is different. But...

4. USGPIV national success rates

   Dohboy posted a topic in Infusion, Intravenous

   Hello everybody, Was recently discussing with my peers about USGPIV success rates in our department and we were wondering if anyone had some information about any national USGPIV success rates?...