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tanya mcmanus
outpatients home with saline locks for intermittent use

Are there any outpatient areas who send patients home with a hep or saline locks that require short term IV therapy(ABX or solumedrol) for less than 3to 5 days?  Or do you DC lock after every visit then restart the lock the next day?  I need rational/standards for this.    

lynncrni
While I can not give you

While I can not give you specific names of agencies that do this, I am certain that there are such patients going home for a few days with a locked peripheral catheter. The standards of practice are written by the Infusion Nurses Society and apply to all situations and setting where infusion therapy is performed. So that is your source of the standards. Lynn

Lynn Hadaway, M.Ed., RN, NPD-BC, CRNI

Lynn Hadaway Associates, Inc.

PO Box 10

Milner, GA 30257

Website http://www.hadawayassociates.com

Office Phone 770-358-7861

valoriedunn
I would prefer the pt be sent

I would prefer the pt be sent home with a PIV if home care is going to be using it because not all of our nurses are proficient at starting them.  Just me:)

Valorie Dunn,BSN, RN, CRNI, PLNC

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