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Clinical Q&A

Barbara Holmes Gobel

CJON 2003, 7(2), 234-237. DOI: 10.1188/03.CJON.234-237

When a lack of blood return from a venous access device (VAD) occurs, when should the patient have a venogram? Can the patient receive chemotherapy (particularly a vesicant) through the VAD if no blood return is occurring but the VAD appears to flush well?

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