Using parenteral syringes (one with a Luer lock that can ... The nurse mistakenly gave the drug through the patient's triple lumen catheter. The patient coded within seconds, resulting in a ...

Evaluation of dead space (volume capacity) of the catheter Fill a 2.5-ml syringe with normal saline and inject 2 ml into each lumen/port of the CVC. Slowly draw the normal saline back in until ...