Has anyone heard that you should flush your line (PICC/PIV) slowly after giving an IV medication that you have to push slowly( i.e. IV lorazepam, IV Haldol etc).
I guess the concern is that if you flush quickly you are going to give the patient a bolus of the medication.....
Thought?
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Tue, 02/14/2017 - 15:02
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slow flush?
Yes, this is in a paper from ISMP and in the 2016 INS SOP. Flush after a medication should be given at the same rate as the med injection because of the amount still in the VAD lumen. 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
Thank you!