Nothing is more accurate then stepping on a scale. But a bed is so you can weigh someone who has difficulty getting out of bed.

Just place the biopatch on top of the insertion site.

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Thank you for your comment. You have made a very common mistake, there is a difference between the use of Betadine swabs and ChloraPrep applicator. Betadine swabs are used starting in the center with concentric circles until you reach the outside of what you wish covered. ChloraPrep is to be used scrubbing back and forth. BD has a great website with in-service videos for more information. www.bd.com/en-us/offerings/capabilities/infection-prevention/skin-preparation/chloraprep-patient-preoperative-skin-preparation-products/chloraprep-in-service-resources

It is not within the scope of LVN but you be certified to insert peripheral line and change picc line dressing like me an LVN.

You can change picc dressings if you’re IV certified

Sharma Joyce Thank you for your comment. You have made a very common mistake, there is a difference between the use of Betadine swabs and ChloraPrep applicator. Betadine swabs are used starting in the center with concentric circles until you reach the outside of what you wish covered. ChloraPrep is to be used scrubbing back and forth. BD has a great website with in-service videos for more information. www.bd.com/en-us/offerings/capabilities/infection-prevention/skin-preparation/chloraprep-patient-preoperative-skin-preparation-products/chloraprep-in-service-resources

Always inside out and never go back to the site ;/

Not only that, he handled the bio ring with the same right "sterile" hand after handling the chloroprep that he touched several times with his bare hands prior to and while opening the sterile field. I would have understood of he kept that his "dirty hand" but the bio ring goes immediately around the insertion site.

G P Thanks for the question. If you go to 3 min 50 seconds on the video you will see my mask. Prior to that a mask was put on the patient.

He put a mask on his patient and wore one himself.

hammypie Usually the red lumen for blood draw because the lumen is bigger. If no red, then the purple lumen for the same reason. Lumen shouldn’t matter for infusions of antibiotics. I was taught to alternate the lumens to keep them open.

speedysweetheart It was a manikin arm 😅

It looks so real! Took me a good minute to tell that it was fake

I thought it was a real person!

Vito Labella thanks for the comment. How? There was an infection control nurse and OR nurse in the room during filming to ensure no break in sterility.

@@TCCoordinator around minute 5:15 it's the way you open the sterile gloves,,you touch to many inner surfaces,,,,look is minor stuff,,,I was a paramedic for 28 years,,,and I found if while training young medics if I overlooked minor stuff they got lax,,,,, BTW I get my PICC line Monday @ 1:30,,meds start Tues,,for 6 weeks than testing and maybe another 6 weeks,,,,,but all in all you did a great job and thanks for the video made me feel a lot better,,,God Bless

You're straight wrong Vito. He opened the sterile glove package and donned the gloves exactly right. What sterile procedures are you doing as a paramedic that make you such a great authority on the matter? And why didn't you cite the other 19 times?

@@brettrhoads2444 When he picked up with the other sterile glove with his gloved hand, his thumb touched the inner part of the glove

dancechica that’s exactly what you’re supposed to do. The inside of the glove doesn’t touch the patient does it?

Yes it was bit scary ;//

Most hospitals can't afford it. Pediatric hospitals have them because children so the process is less traumatic for them.

Very true. My skin gets so sore from tegaderm

Hi, Great Question! CHG is meant to be scrubbed on the site to exfoliate the skin, this is why it works better at preventing infections. Unlike alcohol and provodine swabs that you do circles from inside to out and it lay on top of the skin some bacteria can hide. Chg you do a waffle pattern but the key is to scrub. Here is a good article about it: journals.lww.com/nursing/Citation/2003/11000/Is_your_skin_prep_technique_up_to_date_.15.aspx Is your skin‐prep technique up‐to‐date? MOUREAU, NANCY L. CRNI, BSN Nursing: November 2003 - Volume 33 - Issue 11 - p 17 I.V. Rounds

Thank you so much, great step by step explanations.

Matthew Zabala - calm down, you CAN go back with Chloraprep according to the literature, it’s not going to recontaminate. You cannot do this with alcohol though.

John Gordon ..”povidone” not PROVODINE