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In the past 12 months, CVAA members have asked 59 questions and provided 288 answers in the CVAA discussion forum on Sosido. See the top 25 discussions below.

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1. Asked on July 8, 2016: Does anyone have an CVAD learning package for nurses that they would be willing to share?(19 replies to date)
2. Asked on May 20, 2016: IV bolus or IV push (11 replies to date)
3. Asked on May 2, 2016: Tip location technology and PICC insertions? (10 replies to date)
4. Asked on April 11, 2016: Do you flush ALL capped lumens of a PICC line after administering a medication through one lumen? (10 replies to date)
5. Asked on March 17, 2016: Hi. I would like to learn what centres are doing when there are CVADs with no blood return but confirmed in place via XRay? (10 replies to date)
6. Asked on January 8, 2016: Flushing of triple lumen catheters with Heparin (10 replies to date)
7. Asked on September 27, 2016: Guidelines or research re. the practicing of initiating venous access or taking blood pressure on the arm or a patient that has breast surgery (9 replies to date)
8. Asked on July 28, 2016: Ratio info (nurse to patient) for IV Therapy in Canada (9 replies to date)
9. Asked on May 13, 2016: Changing of blood administration sets (9 replies to date)
10. Asked on February 13, 2016: IV Assessment Flowsheets (9 replies to date)
11. Asked on December 9, 2015: When using CADD pumps for antibiotic infusions, we have been disconnecting the IV tubing (using aseptic) to flush the PICC daily. This is done when the patient comes in for their bag change. Is anyone doing a similar practice? (9 replies to date)
12. Asked on June 1, 2016: What is the standard approach when a venous thrombosis is detected? The CVC remains in, but is completely occluded. Pull the line?  Treat the line? (8 replies to date)
13. Asked on February 16, 2016: Pain Ease product use with Ports (8 replies to date)
14. Asked on February 12, 2016: Does anyone have any experience with the 3M Advanced IV dressing?  We currently use a stat lock and the community have moved to this dressing so that they don't need a stat lock. (8 replies to date)
15. Asked on March 17, 2016: Home Care IV Antibiotic Infusion via ambulatory infusion pumps (7 replies to date)
16. Asked on October 6, 2016: Skin antisepsis for CVAD dressing and cap changes (6 replies to date)
17. Asked on May 13, 2016: Chemical occlusions in CVADS (6 replies to date)
18. Asked on April 4, 2016: Which has a lower CLABSI rate - percutaneous CVADs or PICC lines? (6 replies to date)
19. Asked on April 4, 2016: Hello! Does anyone work in a hospital where there is an infusion pump available for every adult patient? (6 replies to date)
20. Asked on March 3, 2016: Best practice information for basic care and accessing CVAD's in particular PICC's (6 replies to date)
21. Asked on January 18, 2016: Best practice for cleaning a port or site prior to access (6 replies to date)
22. Asked on January 13, 2016: Have other PICC users found that since the inception of Power PICCs that there has been an increase in line occlusions having increased usage of Cathflo and increased incidence of DVTs... (6 replies to date)
23. Asked on December 10, 2015: Does anyone have any guidelines, articles or points of emphasis on the daily assessment of a PICC line when it comes to measuring arm circumference? (6 replies to date)
24. Asked on November 6, 2015: Scrubbing the CVC Hub versus Scrubbing the Needleless Connector (6 replies to date)
25. Asked on September 7, 2016: Does anyone have a policy for RN's inserting a short peripheral catheter using the external jugular vein? (5 replies to date)

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