I love the reversed tapered catheters! In my opinion it does prevent a whole lot of bleeding at the insertion site and allows us to place a bio-patch on at the time of insertion. If the patient has a lot of bleeding at the time of insertion, then we gauze. We have not had an increase in phlebitis or DVT's.
Michelle Hansen, RN Northeast Baptist PICC Nurse office 297-2422 pager 235-9779 >>> "Lynn Hadaway" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 10/18/2006 2:52 PM >>> 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? > > >----------------------------------------- >This message and any included attachments are from CaroMont Health >Inc. and are intended only for the addressee(s).The information >contained herein may include trade secrets or privileged or >otherwise confidential information. Unauthorized review, >forwarding, printing, copying, distributing, or using such >information is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you >received this message in error, or have reason to believe you are >not authorized to receive it, please promptly delete this message >and notify the sender by e-mail with a copy to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Lynn Hadaway, M.Ed., RNC, CRNI Lynn Hadaway Associates, Inc. 126 Main Street, PO Box 10 Milner, GA 30257 http://www.hadawayassociates.com office 770-358-7861 This email and any files transmitted with it may contain information that is PRIVILEGED AND CONFIDENTIAL. It is the property of the Baptist Health System and is intended only for the use of the intended recipient. If you have received this email in error, do not disseminate, distribute, forward, print or copy this email or any of its' attachments. Immediately destroy/purge the email and all attachments and notify the sender by reply of email. Any misuse/abuse may result in disciplinary action and/or legal liability. Unauthorized interception of this email is a violation of federal law.
