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How to Flush your Central Line (saline and heparin)

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How to Flush your Central Line (saline and heparin)

202,178 views March 26, 2020 5:21

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Note: After this video was created, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance merged with Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. Seattle Cancer Care Alliance is now called Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center.
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A central venous catheter is a small flexible tube inserted into a large vein in your chest. It is
used to give fluid, nutrients, medicine, and blood products. It may also be used to get blood
samples. A central venous catheter is also called a central line, tunneled catheter, central
venous line, or Hickman line.

Daily care for a central line involves cleaning the central line, flushing the lumens (lines), protecting the central line from water, and changing the dressing.

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SCCA Patient Education published this 5:21 video tutorial on March 26, 2020. It has been watched 202,178 times on YouTube.

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