Blood draws/Med admin

[Cordell, Laura]

#1:  If you are locking your open ended piccs with heparin, are you flushing first and pushing the heparin into the pt. and then drawing your waste or are you just withdrawing waste? #2:   When giving meds through an open ended picc locked with heparin, are you withdrawing the heparin first? #3:    We currently lock with 2.5 ml of 100u/ml heparin.  Is anyone managing with less?   Laura Cordell, RN, Resource Unit Clinician CNA Educator Ext:2626 Cell phone: 509-433-4801         Confidentiality Disclaimer: This e-mail message, including attachments, may contain confidential or privileged information and is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this message or any attachments is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy the message.