At our facility, we have recently had an increase of CLC 2000 needleless connectors coming off our PICC lines.
I am looking into the idea of staff manipulation, patient "twiddler syndrome", and staff just removing caps and not realizing it is a necessary part of the PICC.
I am interested in some thoughts from other Vascular Access Teams and their experiences.
I cant say I have ever hear of it happening.
Fidelma Connor Cancer centre Northern Ireland
We've used the CLC2000 for years and haven't seen this.
Raquel
Raquel M. Hoag, BSN, RN, PHN, VA-BC
Robbin George RN VA-BC