What is salty flushing?

and Saline Flush refers to the instillation of a small amount of saline into the body using a tube or catheter on an intermittent planned basis. The execution is carried out to ensure the continued patency - or lack of obstacle - prevent the clot or other material in the clogging of the line. The tube food, also known as enteral lines that enter the gastrointestinal (GI) system, can be safely flushed either by physiological or sterile water after each tube feeding. However, the intravenous (IV) line specifically requires flushing of physiological solution, because this solution is osmotically neutral in the bloodstream. The flushed solutions are usually scheduled once every eight hours and before and after administration of medicines via IV line. The infusion of IV fluid prevents the formation of the clot. However, regular heparin or salt flushing for salt locks, also known as PRN adapters or Heparin Locks, is necessary, because these devices are used only occasionally. From a medical point of viewand is a lock of an external access port of intravenous (IV) catheter. These short, pure plastic rollers are attached to the catheter inside the vein at one end and display a port for administration of IV liquids at the opposite end. Depending on the device protocol, the locks are filled with diluted heparin solution or physiological solution.

Physiological solution lock allows instant access IV if there is an emergency, or intermittent approach - for example, when administering a regularly planned IV antibiotic - without required the patient to be continuously used for IV liquid and IV pump. IV fluids were often prescribed before the development of salt lock or flushing of salt solution to be administered "KVO" or "to maintain veins open". The KVO rate concerned infusion of the minimum amount of fluid needed to preveant IV access from precipitation, usually less than 50 ml per hour. ArrivalThe lock and flushing of salt solution now allows greater patients mobility and less opportunity to leak the infusion of fluid into the tissues surrounding the IV site.

For the preparation of the physiological solution, any syringe and a bottle of normal salt solution can be used. However, advances in the field of technology and control of infection have led to pre -prepared salt flushing, which is now used in many devices. In addition to economical time, the prepared flushing of physiological solution allows less opportunities for pathogens to enter the process because they are pre -filled under sterile conditions and are ready for use. They also use a number of short injection syringes of 10 ml to reduce the pressure on the vein during the flushing process. The use of 10 ml syringes results in less vein of "blown" or injured with excessive pressure.