PICC Nursing Catheterization.doc

 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 6 PICC Nursing Catheterization PICC (peripherally inserted central vein catheter in cancer medicine is now common technique, can effectively protect the superficial vein of tumor patients to reduce the incidence of leakage of chemotherapy drugs, special drugs to open up a new intravenous access, ease of continuous intravenous chemotherapy drugs in a timely manner to carry out and so on. while its safe operation, easy maintenance, trauma, infection rate, retention time is long, easy to fall off and so on. of the last 15 years on the PICC catheter care after constantly sum up experience of patients and effectively catheter reduced the incidence of adverse events, gained some experience and understanding, now, after the nursing home management and experience of the main points are summarized as follows: 1 Preoperative care 1.1 health education to explain to patients and their families to do the work, indicating the need for PICC catheter, superiority, while that in the catheterization and postoperative complications that may arise. 1.2 The signed informed consent by the patients and their families, after informed consent forms for patients to sign I will copy to the patient so that care be well documented. PICC puncture for the necessity of providing a reasonable basis to prevent the occurrence of medical disputes. 1.3 assist patients gracefully explain to the patient catheter position should be preceded by a bath or cleaning the puncture side limb, and maintain emotional stability. To help patients take the correct lying position required by the puncture. Supine, head to the opposite, wear a mask, is to ensure that the puncture, important factor to prevent infection. 2 Intraoperative care 2.1 ensure the strict implementation of aseptic technique and disinfection of clean room qualified puncture, puncture the skin puncture nurses 3 times with povidone-iodine disinfection to prevent iatrogenic infection.