I've had my transplant 23 years. Numerous ER visits. I have only had one set of blood cultures drawn. Urine specimans are almost always cleancatch, Chest xrays are diagnosis dependent. I have never...
Personally, I am a nurse who has had a renal transplant. My veins are really precious, I would hate to have one blown just because it's protocal. Also, with nosocomial infections I would not want to...