When there is no other viable option, is it alright for a physician to order nursing to use an otherwise good passport when it has a thrombosis in the effected arm?
Passport draws blood. There is currently no s/s of problems w/port, ie no pain or swelling. The port is in the svc. The thrombosis is stable but extensive including the brachial, basilic, axillary, and subclavian vein.
I called it a "Stable thrombosis" because two separate US about three weeks apart refer to the the thrombosis as unchanged. The oncologist in question does not want to remove it and since it is there and working wants office staff to use it for chemo.