We use groshong nxt PICC (4Fr).  Nurses and patients are satisfied with it except for blood sampling.  Standard procedure for blood sampling is to flush first with 10 ml of normal saline, then perform the blood sampling and end up with a manual flush with 10 ml of normal saline.  The vacutainer filling time is very slow, is not possible or the nurses use syringes to aspirate blood through the PICC.  Does anyone encounter the same problem?

Lieve

 

 

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Goossens Lieve
Verpleegkundig Specialist IV Katheterzorg
Verpleegkundig Departement
Departement Oncologische Heelkunde
UZ Leuven
Herestraat 49
B-3000 Leuven
Tel:
  016/332211 en vraag naar 18/44650
        016/346831  fax: 016346834
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