Where do you store this tubing between patient visits?
Leigh Ann
Leigh Ann
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From: Nicastro, Margaret <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Lynn Hadaway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: Marilyn Hanchett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sat, 20 May 2006 10:40:53 -0400
Subject: RE: RE: outpt infusion reusing IV tubing 72hr
We are a small community hospital with a small infusion room. We maintain our outpatient tubing for 72hrs. We change our saline flush bag q am. As soon as we infuse our patient we cap the end of the tubing. All our tubings are labeled with start date and time, change date and time, we label all our bags with date time and pt. name. When we have more than one patient coming in daily we label our pumps also. If the end cap has fallen off we always replace all tubing and new bag. I have not had any known infections and have had patients coming in for 6 - 8 wks. at a time. But we are a small unit with a very dedicated staff. Margaret Margaret M Nicastro, CRNI, OCN Nurse Manager IV Therapy/Oncology Gettysburg Hospital 147 Gettys Street Gettysburg, PA 17325 Phone: 717-337-4312 option 2 Fax: 717-337-4485 Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail may contain confidential health information that is legally privileged. This information is intended for the use of the named recipient(s). The authorized recipient of this information is prohibited from disclosing this information to any party unless required to do so by law or regulation and is required to destroy the information after its stated need has been fulfilled. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution, or action taken in reliance on the contents of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you receive this e-mail message in error, please notify the sender immediately to arrange disposition of the information. ________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tue 5/16/2006 10:59 PM To: Lynn Hadaway Cc: Marilyn Hanchett; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: RE: outpt infusion reusing IV tubing 72hr More importantly, I am interested in HOW we could gain such evidence. Do we expect patients to give informed consent to participate in a study when we tell them--" this is a study to see if reusing tubing over 72 hours will cause infections, so we can save $$$ for the hospital, or you can refuse and we will change your tubing every day, and then we know you will NOT get an infection" I find it difficult to imagine how we could come up with such evidence. I think in some cases we need to use common sense, our assessment skills and the principals of infection control. Sometimes we need to take what we already know and apply it to more than one situation. Chris Cavanaugh, CRNI Chris Cavanaugh, CRNI ----- Original Message ----- From: Lynn Hadaway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tuesday, May 16, 2006 1:05 pm Subject: RE: outpt infusion reusing IV tubing 72hr To: Marilyn Hanchett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Then my question to you is - In the absence of evidence, what do > we > use to guide our practice? Is this just supposed to be a vacuum > while > we wait for the science to catch up? I totally understand the need > for evidence, but you know as well as I do that many, many nursing > and medical standards and guidelines are written on nothing less > than > the professional opinions of experts. I am not saying that is > ideal, > but I am saying that until we have evidence, this is the best that > we > can do. > > I am very cu! rious to CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email may contain confidential health information that is legally privileged. This information is intended for the use of the named recipient(s). The authorized recipient of this information is prohibited from disclosing this information to any party unless required to do so by law or regulation and is required to destroy the information after its stated need has been fulfilled. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution, or action taken in reliance on the contents of this email is strictly prohibited. If you receive this e-mail message in error, please notify the sender immediately to arrange disposition of the information.
