I am not aware of any studies on this design feature. This feature
was added a few years ago by many manufacturers based on the fact
that there may be some bleeding immediately after insertion. As far
as I have seen, this is a design feature that is also a marketing and
sales tactic but there is no clinical evidence to support pro or con.
If someone knows of something that I don't, please share it with us.
Lynn
At 3:58 PM -0400 10/11/06, Laura Cook RN wrote:
Does anyone know if there are any studies out here on reverse
tapering of PICC lines and an increase incidence of DVT's? If a 5
french PICC tappers to 7 french at the hub.....wouldn't the patient
be more likely to develop phlebitis?
Any thoughts on this?
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