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Hi Beth,
I used to be an Infection Management RN.
I find it interesting that you flush Earls PICC every day. Where I worked we did the PICC dressings once a week and when needed and heparin locked the PICC which could then be left for a month.
Do you flush daily so as not to use heparin? When I have my port used it is disconnected every day and heparin locked every day for 5 days in a row, they do this even when my platelets are low. I was worried about developing anti platelet antibodies because the port doesn't bleed and the heparin is always just flushed in every day because it can't be withdrawn. Luckily, no antibodies yet.
Interestingly, my brother has Lupus with thrombocytopenia and I have a cousin with Lupus and anti phospholipid syndrome. My poor cousin is only 14 years old and has multiple PEs and is on Warfarin and has had an IVC filter inserted.
Regards
Chirley
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Copper deficiency bone marrow failure (MDS RAEB 1), neuromyelopathy.
FISH reported normal cytogenetics but gene testing showed
Xq 8.21 mutation
Xq19.36 mutation
Xq21.40. mutation
1p36. Mutation
15q11.2 deletion
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