My advise is do not tape any connections. This was removed from the INS Standards many years ago! Tape residue will only attract junk that leads to contamination. The national standard is ALL connections must be luer-locked. But do not use tape on the connections as it does not add any benefit and only increases risks of infection. Lynn
I agree Lynn, We don't tape on the catheter or the connections for the same reason. It also keeps the nurses from every needing sissors! We put an extra statlock above the first with a small rubberband left over from the PICC kit snapped on both ends of it. Then the catheter can be placed under the rubberband to keep the cath ends.
My advise is do not tape any connections. This was removed from the INS Standards many years ago! Tape residue will only attract junk that leads to contamination. The national standard is ALL connections must be luer-locked. But do not use tape on the connections as it does not add any benefit and only increases risks of infection. Lynn
Lynn Hadaway, M.Ed., RN, BC, CRNI
Lynn Hadaway Associates, Inc.
126 Main Street, PO Box 10
Milner, GA 30257
Website http://www.hadawayassociates.com
Office Phone 770-358-7861
I agree Lynn, We don't tape on the catheter or the connections for the same reason. It also keeps the nurses from every needing sissors! We put an extra statlock above the first with a small rubberband left over from the PICC kit snapped on both ends of it. Then the catheter can be placed under the rubberband to keep the cath ends.
Hi, thanks everyone, our P & P is being revised and somehow that got snuck back in and I am recommending that it be removed.
K. McDonald RN