Sterile vascular access kit

• US 20090236259A1
• Filed: 03/17/2009
• Published: 09/24/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 03/19/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Lois A. Hicks
• Original Assignee: Lois A. Hicks
• Inventors: Hicks, Lois A.
• Application Number:
  US12/382,484
• Publication Number:
  US 20090236259A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 206/571
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 50/30 Containers specially adapted for packaging, protecting, dispensing, collecting or disposing of surgical or diagnostic appliances or instruments for wound clamps A61B17/10; for ligaturing clips A61B17/122; packages or dispensers for surgical gloves or finger-stalls A61B42/40
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 50/33 Trays

Abstract

The sterile vascular access kit contains sterile supplies needed to access an implanted vascular device, such as a Mediport. The kit contains all the medical supplies needed to accomplish the vascular access procedure, thereby eliminating the need to locate and gather such medical supplies. The medical supplies include a facemask and gloves, Tegaderm dressing for providing a sterile covering, a needleless blood transfer device, an injection cap, syringes containing normal saline for flushing the tubing, and empty syringe for drawing blood, preferably a syringe of heparin for flushing the tubing and port. The kit also contains sponges, sterile adhesive strips, alcohol prep pads and Chloraprep for cleansing the access site.

Claims

1. A sterile vascular access kit, comprising:

a storage tray;

means housed in the storage tray for performing a sterile vascular access procedure; and

a blue CSR wrap enclosing the storage tray and the means for performing the sterile vascular access procedure.

2. The sterile vascular access kit according to claim 1, further comprising sealing material further enclosing said sterile vascular access kit.

3. A sterile vascular access kit, comprising:

a storage tray;

means housed in the storage tray for performing a sterile vascular access procedure

a blue CSR wrap enclosing the storage tray and the means for performing the sterile vascular access procedure; and

a fluid-impervious sealing material further enclosing the sterile vascular access kit.

4. The sterile vascular access kit according to claim 3, wherein said means for performing a sterile vascular access procedure comprises:

a facemask and sterile gloves adapted to be donned by a health care practitioner;

a sealed Tegaderm™

dressing;

a sealed ChloraPrep Onestep;

a plurality of non-woven, split sponges;

a needleless fluid transfer device;

a plurality of non-woven cover sponges;

a plurality of steri strips;

a needleless injection cap;

a plurality of alcohol prep pads; and

a plurality of syringes.

5. The sterile vascular access kit according to claim 4, wherein at least two of said plurality of syringes, respectively contain 10 ml of normal saline solution and one of said syringes contains 5 ml of normal saline solution.

6. The sterile vascular access kit according to claim 4, wherein at least one of said plurality of syringes is empty.

7. The sterile vascular access kit according to claim 4, wherein at least one of said plurality of syringes contains an anticoagulant.

8. A sterile vascular access kit, comprising:

a storage tray;

means housed in the storage tray for performing a sterile vascular access procedure, the means including;

a facemask and sterile gloves adapted to be donned by a health care practitioner;

a sealed Tegaderm™

dressing;

a sealed ChloraPrep Onestep;

a plurality of non-woven, split sponges;

a needleless fluid transfer device;

a plurality of non-woven cover sponges;

a plurality of steri strips;

a needleless injection cap;

a plurality of alcohol prep pads; and

at least five syringes;

a blue CSR wrap enclosing the storage tray and the means for performing the sterile vascular access procedure; and

a fluid-impervious sealing material further enclosing the sterile vascular access kit.

9. The sterile vascular access kit according to claim 8, wherein at least two of said at least five syringes, respectively contain 10 ml of normal saline solution and one of said at least five syringes contain 5 ml of normal saline solution.

10. The sterile vascular access kit according to claim 9, wherein at least one of said at least five syringes is empty.

11. The sterile vascular access kit according to claim 10, wherein at least one of said at least five syringes contains an anticoagulant.