Re: sterile or "clean" port accesing

[PjcRnOCN]

We are having this discussion at my facility now; the educators at skills day teach placing the "non-sterile" syringe on the lower 1/2 of the sterile field, and the sterile items on the top half; they teach picking up the end of the huber needle tubing with your hand as you flush with the non-sterile saline syrine.  THEN, you glove and proceed with the rest of the procedure.....they can't seem to understand that ONE person can do this as a sterile procedure....one hand sterile, the other not until everything's connected...your feedback would be appreciated, as always we are trying to lower our CVC infection rate. Thanks!   Patti Jo Carruth RN, BSN, OCN, CRNI Unit Manager Outpatient Treatment Center Gwinnett Medical Center [EMAIL PROTECTED]