What is it?
Catheters placed in large Veins for the delivery of intravenous therapy
What is a Central venous access device (CVAD)
#5 advantage of CVAD
What is decrease need for frequent venipunctures?
The health professional who can complete CVAD dressing changes
Who is the RN.
Two methods used to collect blood samples from a CVAD
What are (1) syringe method and (2)vacutainer method?
Most often used access sites
What are the internal jugular, subclavian, cephalic, brachial, basilic or femoral vein.
#4 advantage of a CVAD
What is necessary for iv access in patients with limited peripheral veins
During a dressing change, important to measure__ to ensure placement of the PICC catheter
What is the external catheter length from the insertion site to the end of the catheter hub
Using sterile technique it is preferred to draw blood directly from
What is directly from the hub of the catheter?
Where the tip of the CVAD catheter is located
What is in the superior vena cava?
(above the right atrium)
#3 advantage of a CVAD
What is provides access for IV medications, vasoactive vesicants?
Time we allow for cleaning and drying of the CVAD site.
What is cleaning for a minimum of 30 seconds and allow to air dry for a minimum of 2 minutes?
when blood return is confirmed, flush with 10 ml of 0.9% of NaCL, withdraw 10 mL of blood and.....
What is discard?
3types of CVAD's
What are Non-tunneled ie. triple lumen, PICCs, and Implanted Port ie. Port-A-Cath
#2 advantage of CVAD
What is long term therapy?
Solution used to cleanse the skin at the insertion site of the CVAD
What is 2% CHG with 70% Isopropyl Alcohol?
Collect blood samples as ordered
What are:Blue, Red, Gold, Green, Lavender, Pink and Grey?
What is Cath-Flow
Medication ordered by Physcian for unblocking CVAD's
#1 Advantages of a CVAD
What is access to the central circulatory system?
dressing applied around insertion site and down the catheter to the hub after cleaning
What is a semi-permeable transparent dressing no gauze?
Important to obtain blood cultures before or after other blood samples
What is before?