RE: biopatch question

[Ward Gina]

We do just like Laure said below.  That way you open the biopatch (slit open) , and reclose it under the picc by just holding picc up away from skin.( and allow picc tubing to fall over the closed slit).  This also makes it come off well during dressing changes.  when you pull and stretch out your opsite prior to removal it opens the slits, sticks to the Opsite and not the site or picc.  We also leave about 7 cm of exposed cath on our single lumen so we have more to hold on to.   Biopatch has free videos/cd that were very helpful getting us comfortable with using them.   Gina From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Laurie Hill Sent: Tue 3/14/2006 2:08 PM To: Rinehart, Nancy; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: biopatch question We had the same problem until we started putting the slit of the patch going toward (along) the cath, that way when the patch/drsg is lifted off, the position of the slit allows it to come right off. Does this make sense? Laurie Hill RN PICC/RAD   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rinehart, Nancy Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 10:22 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: biopatch question   For those of you out there using this patch: are you having any difficulty keeping the PICC in place when changing the dressing?  We have had some problems with pulling the PICC out a few cms and my nurses are getting very frustrated.   This happens when we have placed the biopatch around the catheter.  In the past we just placed the biopatch on the site, we had no problems and wonderful results… I hesitate going back to the “old” way but neither do I want to lose my PICCs.  Any suggestions?