On another aspect of this same thread....in the home when the catheters remain, but no longer used for dialysis or apherisis, what flush protocol do you use? Same units/ml as when it was being used? Frequency?
Thanks.... ann Ann Williams RN CRNI Infusion Specialist Deaconess Home Services 600 Mary St. Evansville, IN 47747 812-450-3828 812-450-4665 FAX -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Pat Deisch Sent: Monday, April 10, 2006 7:54 AM Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Dialysis/Apherisis Catheters and Heparin We changed our a few years back to Heparin 1000 units/ml filling volume of the lumen. Pat Deisch MSN, RN ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Drafz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sunday, April 9, 2006 9:28 pm Subject: Re: Dialysis/Apherisis Catheters and Heparin > Hospital policy is 5000 units/ml,amount is the filling volume of the > lumen. Nephrologists however can override it(we have contracted > dialysis services), and they tend to order 1000 units/ml more > recently. > > Artie Hansford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Just taking a querie > to see what amount of heparin is being used for dialysis and > apheresis catheters. Are the amounts different depending upon the use > of the catheter (dialysis vs. apheresis?)? What do you do if the > catheter is used for both dialysis and apheresis...How much heparin is > instilled? Thank you very much! > > Artie Hansford, RN, CRNI > Alta Bates Summit Medical Center > PICC Services > 350 Hawthorne Ave, Oakland, CA 94609 > 510-204-3285 Phone/Pager > 510-869-6690 Fax > > > Michael Drafz RN, OCN, CRNI > Clinical Lead Vascular Access Service > Sharp Memorial Hospital Metropolitan Campus San Diego, California > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the originator of the message. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender specifies and with authority, states them to be the views of Deaconess Health System.
