staffs do the dressing changes. for long-term catheters, such as tunneled (including dialysis catheters) and implanted ports, when there is no S/S of infections, & when DVT (non-occlusive) is diagnosed by ultrasound/venogram, the MDs might decide tpa gtt -- with labs drawn before and during the therapy.
I can email you the PDF file Monday if you need it. --- Helen lazeration <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Need some help with two items: > Just need an informal survey on how many > facilities have their IV/PICC Teams do the routine > dressing changes or if the nursing staff do the > changes and how everyone feels about the nursing > staff on the floors doing the routine dressing > changes. > > Also, if there are any facilities out there who > have physicians leave a PICC in place with a DVT and > anti-coagulate the patient to try and break down the > DVT? If so, do you have a policy/procedure in place > for this scenario that you would be willing to > share? > > Helen Lazeration, CRNI > Fairbanks Memorial Hospital > Fairbanks, Alaska __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
