We are changing to prefilled saline syringes that are clearly labeled by the manufacturer. Our pharmacy is working with a vendor for sterile pre-printed labels for lidocaine 1% (as well as others that will be needed for other departments). This seems to be least time-consuming solution and least costly for the PICC nurses to be in compliance with this JCAHO national patient safety goal. Gwen
----- Original Message ----- From: "Anna Liang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "venous" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 7:56 PM Subject: labeling for NS, lido, & heparin in sterile field > I would like to know your practice regarding labeling > syringes of NS, lido, &/or heparin in the sterile > field for picc insertions. > currently I don't label them: a 10cc syringe for NS > and a 3cc syringe for lido; and no heparin in the > sterile field. I would assume that is "safe" enough. > but for the 2006 patient safety goals, I was told that > is not good enough. > > any comments, please > > > > __________________________________________ > Yahoo! DSL - Something to write home about. > Just $16.99/mo. or less. > dsl.yahoo.com > > >
