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We usually remove the needles when a patient comes into the ED from an Outpatient facility. There are variables in this circumstance that should be addressed: 1. this person has coded multiple times already (possibly clotting the access anyway). 2. What ...

Agreed AVF needle to be removed by only trained dialysis staff, dialysis nurse or CCHT under any circumstances for the following reasons: Risk of access trauma (AVF or AVF) from untrained staff Risk of clotted access from untrained staff applied ...

Hello The oncall nurse would come in to remove the needles at my facility, it's an uncommon occurrence thankfully. Typically the patient was rushed from the OP clinic to the ED. I would much prefer to come in for this (and have done) because I think ...