HOME CARE CAP CHANGE INTERVAL
Our current in-hospital policy is to change the cap [Alaris Smart Site valve] every 72 hours. Our home care, who does a weekly visit for CVC care [depending on type of therapy], would like to change the cap on a weekly basis to coincide with the weekly visit. Do any of you home care specialists out there have an opinion on this practice? The CDC guidelines say change cap not more frequently than every 72 hours, so both practices fall into acceptable range, but we would prefer not to have two differenct procedures/policies.
Thanks in advance,
Anne Marie