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Jose Delp RN BSN
turbulent flushing

Was wondering if anyone can point me to a good video or illustration of how turbulent flushing works to cleanse a line.

lynncrni
 I have never seen a video,

 I have never seen a video, probably because it does not "cleanse" the walls of the catheter. Biofilm and fibrin are firmly attached to the catheter. Would you really want to encourage a technique that breaks this layer causing it to float into the bloodstream where the biofilm can lead to a BSI? Lynn

Lynn Hadaway, M.Ed., RN, NPD-BC, CRNI

Lynn Hadaway Associates, Inc.

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Milner, GA 30257

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