What do you mean by "marking". I guess I don't understand why you would need to mark the vein if you are using ultrasound. Our team places over 200 IV's a month using U/S and we don't mark the veins.
We use the plastic cover of the quick cath and make a slight indention in their skin where we find the vein. Then we clean the site with chlorhexdine . We then place the probe slightly above our marking, making sure that the u/s gel doesn't come in contact with where we are doing the venipuncture.
Karen Ratz,RN, VA-BC Unity Point St. Lukes Hospital, Cedar Rapids,IA
What do you mean by "marking". I guess I don't understand why you would need to mark the vein if you are using ultrasound. Our team places over 200 IV's a month using U/S and we don't mark the veins.
Darlene
Darlene,
could you describe how you do when you place PIVs with US?
Mats
We use the plastic cover of the quick cath and make a slight indention in their skin where we find the vein. Then we clean the site with chlorhexdine . We then place the probe slightly above our marking, making sure that the u/s gel doesn't come in contact with where we are doing the venipuncture.
Karen Ratz,RN, VA-BC Unity Point St. Lukes Hospital, Cedar Rapids,IA
Why would you need to mark a spot? Why would you not stick with ultrasound guidance?