AraratRN

:) I appeciate all the above responses, but, can anyone tell me HOW NS stops people from clotting? Thanks

When I was first trained, I was told that NS was used as flush to PREVENT clotting as was stated, the I spoke to nurses that have been doing dialysis 'forever' and was told that NS does NOT prevent clotting,it only allows you to see that it is or is not clotted. How would NS prevent clotting? Thanks for your responses, it is confusing to try and get to the best practice..

Hi, I work in acute unit, therefore have many pts come in overloaded, some of these post procedure can't have heparin and are ordered for NS rinses. The majority of nurses i work with and many I have talked to believe that NS rinses don't do anything to stop a system from clotting, it only makes it hard to get fluid off because your putting so much in. If NS rinses just show you wheter or not a system is clotting, why cant you just rely on the pressure readings? If anybody has any studies or literature on this as well, i would appreciate it. otherwise, please give me your thoughts. thanks:idea: