I entered patient's room to check in on him while parents were away and i was covering for the bedside nurse.Patient was in a crib with rails all the way up.I found the patient playing his musical instrument in the crib, and looked happy, but something told me to look at his line, so i did and found his line backflowing with blood, and patient was sitting in about 10ml of blood.I immediately stopped his fluid, and checked the cap and found his port line was broken above the cap.I have saved the port access line and placed it in the clean utility.I have informed the md and will draw blood cultures.He is now re-accessed and doing fine.
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