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Sodium Chloride (Catheter Flush) Injection (so dee um) (klor ide)
About your treatment
Your doctor has ordered sodium chloride flush to be used to keep your intravenous (IV) catheter from becoming blocked and to remove any medicine from the IV catheter site. It is used each time your IV catheter is used.
You will probably use a sodium chloride flush several times a day. Your health care provider will determine the number of sodium chloride flushes you will need a day.
Last Revised January 01, 2002
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