Recommendations for Placement of Intravascular Catheters ...

B. Tunneled CVC sites that are well healed might not require dressings. II C. If the patient is diaphoretic, or if the site is bleeding or oozing, a gauze dressing is preferable to a transparent, semi-permeable dressing (146,210--212). II D. Replace catheter-site dressing if the dressing becomes damp, loosened, or visibly soiled (146,210). IB ................
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