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Remove an intravenous (IV) catheter

If necessary, you can remove an intravenous (IV) catheter from a flowsheet. For example, if you added the IV catheter to the flowsheet of the incorrect patient, you can remove it.

To remove an IV catheter, do this procedure.
  1. Go to the whiteboard.
  2. Select the applicable patient card.
    SmartFlow shows the patient's flowsheet.
  3. Select the pencil button.
    The pencil button
    SmartFlow shows buttons that you can use to add treatments to the flowsheet and make changes to flowsheet treatments.
  4. Select IV Catheter.
    The IV Catheter command
    SmartFlow shows a IV Catheter dialog box.
  5. Remove the value that the Size box shows.
    The Size box
  6. Remove the value that the Length box shows.
  7. Select Save.
    The Save button
    SmartFlow shows the You are about to remove catheter dialog box.
  8. Select Remove.
    The Remove button
The flowsheet does not show the IV catheter.