To Draw from CVC or Peripheral Veins? Safety, Risk of infection, avoiding venipuncture complications

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To Draw from CVC or Peripheral Veins? Safety, Risk of infection, avoiding venipuncture complications.

Question for the CCU/ICU nurses:

Risks/benefits to drawing form the CVC vs Peripheral Venipunctute?

Is avoiding another poke to the Client worth the risk of introducing infection to CVC?

Accuracy of lab results affected much form CVC draw bc of the flushing, etc?

 

Your thoughts? If you had a loved one in CCU, would you draw from veins or the CVC?

 

Thanks in advance.

[NRSKarenRN, BSN, RN]

Several medical articles address this  "Risks/benefits to obtaining labs from a Central venous catheter vs Peripheral Venipuncture"

Venipuncture versus peripheral catheter: do infusions alter laboratory results?

Vascular Access

Central venous catheter vs. peripheral venipuncture: which yields greatest blood volume

Best practice in the use of peripheral venous catheters: A scoping review and expert consensus

Prospective Study Evaluating Whether Standard Peripheral Intravenous Catheters Can Be Used for Blood Collection Throughout Hospital Stay

What's the Difference Between a CVC and a PICC?

Blood sampled from existing peripheral IV cannulae yields results equivalent to venepuncture: a systematic review

Contamination of Blood Cultures From Arterial Catheters and Peripheral Venipuncture in Critically Ill Patients