Patent ID: 6762206
Filing Date: 2004-07-13
Classification: A01N,A61L,A61M

Abstract:
A method for flushing an intravascular catheter comprises:providing a solution comprising an admixture of between about 820 mg to about 900 mg sodium chloride, between about 28.5 mg to about 31.4 mg potassium chloride, between about 30.0 to about 36.0 mg calcium chloride as the dihydrate and about one hundred milligrams polyhexamethylene biguanide in one hundred milliliters of water for injection U.S.P; filling a fluid handling device with an aliquot of said solution; attaching the fluid handling device having said aliquot of said solution therein to a patient's intravascular catheter that requires flushing; and administering said solution into the catheter, thereby flushing the catheter.