Triple Lumen piccs are available and work excellently. --- "Cole, Darilyn - MET" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have a dilemma and this comes up often these days. > Not enough lumens for > all the dedicated drips needed. > > I have a patient in ICU with a dual picc, she is on > dopamine, propofol and > cefepime. They are infusing the antibiotic in a piv > in the hand of her picc > arm. The dopamine is needed for pressure support so > they cannot interupt it > for the antibiotic. She has virtually no veins on > the opposite side. I > really don't want to exchange this out for a triple > lumen picc. > On our compatibility chart it states dopamine and > propofol are compatible. > The manufacturer states nothing else to infuse with > propofol because of > infection risk. > So do the risks outweigh the benefits of combining > these drugs to save the > potential harm to the picc arm? > > Darilyn Cole, RN CRNI > IV Therapy Dept. > Methodist Hospital > 7500 Timberlake Way > Sacramento, CA 95823 > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
