Evaluating Normal Saline Locking With Totally Implanted Vascular Access Devices for Patients on 90-Day Maintenance Flushing

Key Points

• This research aims to assess the effectiveness of normal saline locking compared to heparin in vascular access devices.
• Compared patient encounters during heparin locking and normal saline locking for six months each.
• Analyzed data from a total of 6,147 patient encounters across both groups.
• Minimal variance in outcomes between normal saline and heparin locking was observed.
• Both locking methods proved effective for maintaining vascular access.