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    Warfield, Heather (Health)
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    Warfield, Heather (Health)

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    Dear colleagues

    Thank you for previous responses.

    Would any like to share if they have a policy/procedure for the hanging of IV lines?
    At the Canberra Hospital we had a policy for length of time an iv line could be used before needing to be changed but it seems to have dropped off.
    We have had the question from the wards regarding small infusions, eg antibiotics. Do the lines need to be changed with each new infusion?
    Also once a bag is spiked how long can the bag be hung before being used with and without additives.

    Kind regards

    Heather

    Heather Warfield
    Infection Prevention & Control
    Surgical site surveillance
    Canberra Hospital
    building 10, level 4

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    #73390
    Cath Murphy
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    No doubt Claire Rickard will have an opinion but here is a start.

    Rickard, C. M., Marsh, N. M., Webster, J., Gavin, N. C., McGrail, M. R., Larsen, E., Corley, A., Long, D., Gowardman, J. R., Murgo, M., Fraser, J. F., Chan, R. J., Wallis, M. C., Young, J., McMillan, D., Zhang, L., Choudhury, M. A., Graves, N. & Playford, E. G. 2015. Intravascular device administration sets: replacement after standard versus prolonged use in hospitalised patients-a study protocol for a randomised controlled trial (The RSVP Trial). BMJ Open, 5, e007257.

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    Cath

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    Dear colleagues

    Thank you for previous responses.

    Would any like to share if they have a policy/procedure for the hanging of IV lines?
    At the Canberra Hospital we had a policy for length of time an iv line could be used before needing to be changed but it seems to have dropped off.
    We have had the question from the wards regarding small infusions, eg antibiotics. Do the lines need to be changed with each new infusion?
    Also once a bag is spiked how long can the bag be hung before being used with and without additives.

    Kind regards

    Heather

    Heather Warfield
    Infection Prevention & Control
    Surgical site surveillance
    Canberra Hospital
    building 10, level 4

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    #73394
    Tim Spencer
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    Hi Heather,The CDC Guidelines have quite bit on this issue also.https://www.cdc.gov/hicpac/pdf/guidelines/bsi-guidelines-2011.pdf
    Cath Murphy posted Dr Rickards paper in the BMJ which is also a great starting point.

    Timothy R. Spencer, RN, APN, DipAppSci, Bach.Health, ICCert, VA-BC.Vascular Access ConsultantPresidential Advisor – Australian Vascular Access SocietyConjoint Lecturer – South West Sydney Clinical School | Faculty of Medicine | University of NSWDirector-at-Large – Vascular Access Certification Corporation (VACC)Chairperson – AVA GlobalStrategy CommitteeRepresentative – WoCoVA Global Strategic CommitteeM: +1 (623) 326 8889 (USA)M: +61 (0)409 463 428 (AU)E:tim.spencer68@icloud.com
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    Dear colleagues

    Thank you for previous responses.

    Would any like to share if they have a policy/procedure for the hanging of IV lines?

    At the Canberra Hospital we had a policy for length of time an iv line could be used before needing to be changed but it seems to have dropped off.

    We have had the question from the wards regarding small infusions, eg antibiotics. Do the lines need to be changed with each new infusion?

    Also once a bag is spiked how long can the bag be hung before being used with and without additives.

    Kind regards

    Heather

    Heather Warfield

    Infection Prevention & Control

    Surgical site surveillance

    Canberra Hospital

    building 10, level 4

    Email:heather.warfield@act.gov.au

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