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Capping 2nd lumen on umbilica lines

By Elena Ornelas-Pelaez posted 10-10-2014 01:32 PM

  
Anyone have a policy on capping and flushing the 2nd lumen on an umbilical linethe would be willin to share?
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03-12-2015 11:29 PM

We flush every 4hrs with heparin.

10-23-2014 10:40 AM

We never cap the second lumen. We keep heparinized fluid going at least 0.5mL/hr.

10-22-2014 05:07 AM

We either try to keep a kvo heparinized fluid going or flush every 4 with 1:1 heparin 1ml