When changing your central lines, if you have lipids Y'd into your TPN are you changing your lipid lines every 24 hours down to the Y, and then changing the Y with the TPN lines every 72 hours? We been struggling with the thought that everthing with lipids running in it should be changed every 24 hours, but don't want to change all lines that frequently
3 Comments - The 2009 CDC Guidelines were kind of vague to me but I thought the INS standards were more clear cut. We change our IL & HAF solution & tubing q24 hours
Because the RNs do not have a protocol for managing the epidural (operating the pump or changing out the medication bags etc), the anesthesiologist changes out the bags and changes the bags
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We are looking and new VAP bundles and reduction practices and I was wondering how often do you change out your suction cannisters and tubing?
5 Comments - Among other things our VAP bundle includes changing the suction canisters and tubing once each week. The nurses change the oral suction and the respiratory therapists change the ET suction set ups
Does anyone have a reliable and valid research tool to recommend that assists with measuring RN job satisfaction before and after moving to a single private room NICU model?
1 Comment - We are likely going to a single room unit soon and I would love to have a little study surrounding the change! Thanks. Nikki
Hi! I would like to find out if there is any evidence to support wearing hospital-provided scrubs for NICU staff (i.e., decrease in infection rates)? We are moving toward bringing our own scrubs to work and donning at work. Is that what most NICUs are doing now? Thanks so much for your...
7 Comments - For C/S we wear hospital issued scrubs and have to change here...The problem arises when one has to to go to the OR for a preemie delivery. Then we must change again or don a white "haz mat" suit and then put the OR cover gown over all that
Good Afternoon, I am interested in how your facilities staff for PICC line procedures: insertions, dressing changes, trouble shooting, removals etc
And at what corrected gestational age (>44 weeks CGA?) would you change the pain scale?
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Would you regularly change the infants position, say from left to right lateral & supine, or just nurse supine with head midline
Do you use a neonatal yankauer, is your oral and ETT suction setup separate, how do you clean after each use, and how often does all of this get changed? Thanks!
We have researched changing our practice to involve performing daily skin wipe down with CHG wipes on the older infants (> 2 months) who have a central line