Sorry but I don't even recall that such a statement was in a previous
version of the standards. I have also seen the time when it was
mandatory to have 2 sites in the same arm. Lynn
At 8:31 AM -0400 4/21/06, Ann Marie J. Frey wrote:
Does anyone have evidence based info or remember the standard of care
where it mentions not to place two PIVs in the same extremity? I know
the basis for this is that veins all join eventually, so imcompatible
solutions, could, in effect, mix in the vein and cause phlebitis or
other complication. The INS Standards of Practice used to say this
statement, but I can't locate it now. Does anyone know where I can find
this info? We seem to have some MDs that think this is OK practice.
Thanks in advance,
Anne Marie
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Lynn Hadaway, M.Ed., RNC, CRNI
Lynn Hadaway Associates, Inc.
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