Transducing Sheaths post Thrombolysis treatment

PLEASE NOTE:   Posts made to this forum should not be considered as the expressed opinions of, nor should be considered endorsed by, the Medication Safety Officer’s Society (MSOS) or the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP). 

Make sure your email is up-to-date
In order to continue to receive updates from MSOS, as well as forum posts and other valuable information as a member of MSOS, please be sure to update your email address with us, whenever it changes. If you need assistance doing so, please send an email to jrufo@ismp.org. 

1 post / 0 new
Log in or register to post comments
Mon, 09/25/2017 - 12:51
#1
Stacie Ethington
Stacie Ethington's picture
Offline
Last seen: 6 days 18 hours ago
Joined: 12/07/2016 - 11:14
Transducing Sheaths post Thrombolysis treatment

Thrombolysis patients are often treated with heparin and/or tPA through the sheath post procedure. If your organization does thrombolysis, does nursing transduce the sheath post procedure? Is this also true when continuous infusions of heparin/tPA are infusing in the line? Do you have a policy you can share? Any literature to support your decision? I have not been able to find any literature for this specific patient population. Thanks.

Top