Noticed this a while back also. To compensate I started spiraling the introducer/dialator in, especially just before and during the segment where the sheath is entering skin, sq, and vein. Seems to go easier and not catch or bend this way.
Halle Utter RN
Intravenous Care, INC
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> My collegue and I who place PICC have had the same problem. We also noticed
> that the darker part of the introducer tends to bend at the end when you
> approach the skin and try to enter the skin. We use the scapel and still
> encounter this problem.
>
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> Margaret
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> Margaret M Nicastro, CRNI, OCN
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