Vascular Access
The following are clinical presentation :
-Increased post treatment bleeding time
-Elevated venous pressures/decreased arterial pressures ; Decreased access flows; Unable to achieve prescribed blood flow rate.
- Pulsatile thrill and high pitched bruit
What is Stenosis
Verify test strips are not expired; Rinse Feed water sample port for 2-minutes; then rinse the sample collection cup 3 times; perform the test; interpret the test and document.
What is Total Chlorine Test
How much heparin be instilled in a catheter post treatment?
What is the Doctor's ordered amount?
This should be Easily accessible and located as close as is feasible to the immediate area or where it can be reasonably anticipated to be found; Maintain upright throughout use, replace routinely and not be allowed to overfill
What is Sharps Container
A complication of an AV Graft when layers of the graft are separated during cannulation. This complication can occur from repeated cannulation in the same area of graft material.
What is Pseudoaneurysm
Any water system that is used to produce purified water for dialysis purposes
What is RO Purification systems
A catheter Arterial Pressure is greater than 250 and alarming before and after the lines have been reversed. What should be done?
What is refer the patient to the Vascular Access (Azura) Center?
Death caused by Loss of blood
What is Exsanguination
This water is stored in a Tank; some are in the Loops
What is Product water
Site must be examined for signs and symptoms of Infection, dislodgement; dressing replacement must be completed prior to accessing the bloodstream
What is Catheter Exit Site
Weakened areas within a blood vessel that enlarge
and contain blood. This complication can occur from trauma to the area, such as repeated cannulation, persistent hypertension, or pressure from mechanical complications such as stenosis
What is Aneurysm
Place RO machine in operation for a minimum of 15mins; open sample port and allow sample port to flush for 2 minutes; put on PPE; Rinse collection cup 3 times, collect sample; Dip test pad in sample for 5 seconds and remove; after 15 seconds compare test pad to color chart and document results
What is Total Hardness Testing
Threads and hub must be scrubbed with 70% sterile alcohol pad for 10-15 seconds and anytime caps are removed or bloodlines are disconnected.
What is Catheter Connection disinfection
WHO AM I……………………………
I have to be inspected
What is a AV Fistula or AV Graft
Use Myron L D1 Meter and RPC strip; check Dialysate and maintain limits at +/- 0.5mS/cm of the TCD
What is conductivity
How long should a Central Venous Catheter stay in a patient before it's counted against you by CMS.
What is 90 days?