RE: cap changes

[Susan Fullana]

For those of you who are changing caps more frequently (q 2-3 days) and not q 7 days with dressing changes, are IV nurses/IV team changing caps or is this a responsibilty of the floor nurse? We currently change caps with each PICC dressing change weekly.

"Rinehart, Nancy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

48 hours

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Subject: cap changes

How often is everyone changing end caps to PICC Lines?



Tamara Weaver,RN
Robert Packer Hospital
Infusion Services

Susan J. Fullana