That is one of the scenarios that I was talking about where you would
use a small PIV in a large peripheral vein and not place a CVC. But
lengths of therapy for severals weeks requires a CVC of some type.
Lynn
At 3:05 PM -0700 1/18/06, Robert Nohavec wrote:
We do not place a central line in all patients who are on vanco. If the
patient is to receive only a couple of doses such as in after a pacer
placement the physicians do not want a central line.
Bob
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