Zusammenfassung der Ressource
PICC line
- Indications
- IVABs long term
- Multiple IV therapies
- Haemodynamic monitoring
- Access for Blood
- TPN
- Acutely unwell patient
- Poor IV access
- Chemo
- Highly vesciant medication
- Critical care units/ patients
- Management
- 1-4 lumens
- treat as dedicated line
- 7 day dressing change
- minimise exposure
- minimise infection
- Catheter related blood stream infection
- 100% competency in theory and in practice
- Positive pressure valves
- Flush no clamp
- Complications
- thrombosis
- Blood stream infection
- Local irritation
- air embolism
- kinks in the line
- Bio patch- blue to the sky
- Normal bung
- Flush + CLAMP
- 10mL syringe with 8mL Push Flush post all IV
- even after IVF infusion flush
- Maintaining positive pressure
- Within EN Scope
- Competency must be achieved
- dependant on hospital policy and procedure