Do not do it!! Ever!!! There are no studies supporting this practice. You are altering the catheter tip integrity. The catheter is labeled as a PICC but it is actually a midline location - opens the door for lots of liability if it is used as a central line. The nurse and hospital would bear the entire legal liability because the manufacturer would be removed since you have altered the line. So just don't do it! Lynn
I just found the other earlier post and replies about this - thank you, Lynn and others, and apologies for re-asking. Might be a good thing to have posted more than once, anyway.
Mari Cordes, BS RNIII VA-BC
Vascular Access Department
University of Vermont Medical Center
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
Mari Cordes, BS RNIII VA-BC
Vascular Access Department
University of Vermont Medical Center