what are the credentials of 'nursing technicians'? --- "Ratz, Karen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> We have a line care team that is responsible for all > the dressing changes to subclavian, jugular, > arterial , Hickman and PICC lines. They are nursing > technicians that perform this task. We have 1 full > time and 2 others that are part time. They perform > the dressing change with sterile gown,sterile gloves > and the large sterile drape,chloraprep, and the > biopatch. They also wear the mask and hair bonnet. > We had 1 PICC infection last year and 0 central line > infections. The technicians also assist us with PICC > insertions if not busy with dressing changes. > > > > ________________________________ > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of > Helen lazeration > Sent: Sat 2/25/2006 2:18 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: dressing changes and protocol/procedures > for DVT in PICC Arm > > > 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 > > ******************************************** > > This message and accompanying documents are covered > by the > Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C. ยงยง > 2510-2521, > and contain information intended for the specified > individual(s) only. > This information is confidential. If you are not the > intended recipient > or an agent responsible for delivering it to the > intended recipient, you > are hereby notified that you have received this > document in error and > that any review, dissemination, copying, or the > taking of any action > based on the contents of this information is > strictly prohibited. If you > have received this communication in error, please > notify us immediately > by e-mail, and delete the original message. > > > ********************************************* > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
