Our team changes all dressings on PICC's, Midlines and in Med/Surg. areas all other central lines.
Michael Drafz
Sharp Memorial San Diego
Anna Liang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Anna Liang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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
>
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Michael Drafz RN, OCN, CRNI
Clinical Lead Vascular Access Service
Sharp Memorial Hospital Metropolitan Campus
San Diego, California
