I need some help finding references as to how long the patient must remain flat after a non-tunnelled central line removal.  The INS procedure and standards are very vague about that.Â
I can not provide a specific reference but most procedures that I am aware of call for an ointment-based dressing, totally adherent, left on for 24 hours and the patient flat for 30 minutes. This level of procedure detail will not be found in the INS standards. Lynn
I am remembering article in the Critical Care Nursing that included a review of practice and a literature review, that lead to the ointment on the site and having the patient flat for 30 minutes.
If I can find it, I will send more info so you too can read it and see where their references lead them to that decision.
Lynn Hadaway, M.Ed., RN, NPD-BC, CRNI
Lynn Hadaway Associates, Inc.
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Milner, GA 30257
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I am remembering article in the Critical Care Nursing that included a review of practice and a literature review, that lead to the ointment on the site and having the patient flat for 30 minutes.
If I can find it, I will send more info so you too can read it and see where their references lead them to that decision.
Gwen Irwin