I have been placing and teaching RN's to place PICCs for ten years. I have two thoughts on trimming PICCs. First, I have never trimmed a PICC line. PICC lines are manufactured with a smooth rounded ending point for a reason; trimming the lines produc...
cxbf replied to MyNurseIsaDude's topic in Infusion
Great - thanks alot I will check into what we are using. Do not think it is one of the ones you mentioned. Seems like we have too many occlusions lately even 1 to 2 days after picc insertion. Using too much cathflo if you ask me. Beginning to think...
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cxbf replied to MyNurseIsaDude's topic in Infusion
We are having the same debate at our facility and looking at our policy. Currently our policy states to use cathflo for occlusions. The question has come up - if you have multiple lumens, they all flush easily but cannot get blood return from one lum...