This month’s Wellness Wednesday, Unnecessary PICC Prescribed – SNF Patient Case, highlights a case at a Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) where a PICC was ordered to administer two weeks of IV antibiotics, however after reviewing the medical history and visually assessing the patient, the Vascular Wellness clinician determined that not only was the prescribed PICC not needed, but it was also contraindicated and could be harmful. After conversing with the provider, the provider agreed with the assessment and changed the order.
This case demonstrates how our clinicians are not only trained and precepted in placing Ultrasound-Guided PIVs, Midlines, PICCs, and Small and Large bore Advanced Central lines, but also in identifying contraindications during visual assessments and medical history reviews that take place before any procedure begins. This extensive training and deep skillset enable our clinicians to help recommend the most clinically appropriate line – including when that means no line – which is evident in this “Unnecessary PICC Prescribed – SNF Patient Case”.
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Unnecessary PICC Prescribed – SNF Patient Case
Our focus is always on the patient and client versus getting to the next procedure, which helps ensure we deliver superior quality care at the bedside. We regularly collaborate with patients’ medical teams, and because of our comprehensive training, deep skill set, and expertise derived from the hundreds of thousands of lines placed since inception, providers often accept our recommendations, as in this case.
Vascular Wellness has consistently been at the forefront of innovating and delivering the highest quality, most robust and comprehensive vascular access service offerings in the country, whenever and wherever it is needed. From Advanced Central lines such as Dialysis Catheters, Tunneled Central Lines, Permcaths, Internal Jugulars, Mid-Thigh Femorals, and more to PICCs, Midlines and PIVs, we are available 7 days a week, after-hours, weekends & holidays.
In case you missed our announcement, we are excited to share with you that Vascular Wellness and PiccPros have joined forces.
Effective September 9, 2024, PiccPros LLC, a long-time leading mobile PICC provider in Oklahoma, merged with Vascular Wellness. Since its inception more than 15 years ago, Vascular Wellness consistently has been ahead of the curve in innovating and delivering the most robust and comprehensive vascular access service offerings available in the country.
This new partnership brings these innovative and expanded vascular access services, which include nurse-placed advanced central lines at the bedside and unmatched education and training, across a larger geographic area in Oklahoma and beyond.
The new combined company will service the market as PiccPros, a division of Vascular Wellness. Learn more about the merger HERE.
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NURSE CLINICIANS IN ACTION case summaries involve challenging situations or intriguing clinical presentations where Vascular Wellness was able to create clinically appropriate access promptly, minimize sticks, and place the right line at the right time, the first time.
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