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Peel-Away® Sheath Needle Technique for Introducing Catheters

Step One

• Make a small nick incision at catheter placement site.
• Before introducing the Peel- Away® sheath needle into the vessel, secure the sheath to prevent it from advancing prematurely. This can be done by holding it at the base of the sheath.

Step Two

• Insert Peel-Away® sheath needle through nick incision into vessel. Advance the unit into the vessel to ensure that the sheath as well as the needle is seeded properly.
• Stabilise the needle to prevent it from advancing or retracting.
• Advance the Peel-Away® sheath into the vessel by using a slight rotation, side to side, while advancing.

Step Three

• The needle can then be removed from the vessel, leaving the Peel-Away® sheath as the introduction unit.

Step Four

• Introduce the intravenous catheter through the Peel- Away® into the vessel. Cap and flush the intravenous catheter with heparinised saline to prevent it from clotting.

Step Five

• Remove sheath by pulling the tabs up and out.
• Secure catheter to animal using sutures and apply triple antibiotic ointment at insertion site. Wrap for additional stabilisation.

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