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Capping 2nd lumen on umbilica lines
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Elena Ornelas-Pelaez
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10-10-2014 01:32 PM
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Anyone have a policy on capping and flushing the 2nd lumen on an umbilical linethe would be willin to share?
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Tiffany Wells
03-12-2015 11:29 PM
We flush every 4hrs with heparin.
Melissa Gilmore
10-23-2014 10:40 AM
We never cap the second lumen. We keep heparinized fluid going at least 0.5mL/hr.
Lindsey Cook
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
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