KEY ACTIVITIES
- Initiate prophylactic antibiotics1
For adapter disconnect or catheter fracture:
- Stop dialysis
- Clamp catheter proximal to damage
- If catheter length is adequate, use sterile technique to:
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- Disinfect catheter proximal to damaged area
- Trim catheter proximal to expanded area on catheter or fracture
- Using sterile scissors, trim the catheter above area that is damaged or stretched
- Fit a sterile, new adapter into the catheter
- Attach transfer set to adapter
If catheter portion is marginal length:
- Repair with appropriate manufacturer’s repair kit or catheter extension
