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According to the reporter.Once they completed the placement of the line they was able to draw back enough blood to give the nurse for labs.Upon trying to aspirate again after sutures were placed the line did not return any blood.The day after implant was unable to draw back blood and the colleague went to exchange the line, the device was removed and found that the tip of the catheter had some adherent in the tube.It was mentioned that they recalled the steps prior to placing the line.As with the standard of practice once the patient was draped, they started by setting up the central line equipment in the correct order.As personal practice they first flush the line after connecting the caps and flushing all line, then they lined up the remainder of the equipment in the correct order for a seldinger technique there was no reported patient outcome.
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