Can You Draw Labs From A Picc Line. Our HematologyOncology nurses draw lab specimens from PICC lines all day long. Shows how to withdraw blood and then replace old RED cap with new pair of Maxplus caps on a PICC line.
You just need to perform the task properly. 1 Flush with 10mls of normal saline pull back 10mls of blood discard and throw that away before taking your sample. Because the laboratory reported a.
I will review our hospitals general policy for drawing blood from a CVC or PICC line.
A patient came to the urgent care today with a triple lumen power PICC. 2 Turn off TPN and wait for 30 mins and then draw blood after having flushed with normal saline drawing back throw first sample away and then take a second sample. The lab wanted us to ban lab draws from PICCs. We re-wrote our flushing policy did several weeks of education on it and it disappeared.
