A question to the group. we have a pt with a chest port who has HIT. The question becomes can one maintain a port with saline only flushes through a postive displacement or neutral displacement cap.
Thanks in advance for suggestions .
Carol Gosselin Rn, Crni
TMH
Porvidence RI
You can also long as the port is accessed. The question is what do you lock the port with when you remove the access. Options could include alteplase, lepiridin (one small study as a locking solution but may not be the best alternative due to adverse reactions to it) plus all the other alternatives I presented in the webinars on catheter patency through INS. The 3rd one had all the alternative solutions. Just realize that all of these alternatives would be an off-label use.
Lynn Hadaway, M.Ed., RN, BC, CRNI
www.hadawayassociates.com
Lynn Hadaway, M.Ed., RN, NPD-BC, CRNI
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