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A4929 Tourniquet for dialysis, each

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Also known as: dialysis tourniquet, blood pressure tourniquet, vascular tourniquet

An elastic or fabric tourniquet used in hemodialysis to temporarily occlude blood vessels and facilitate vascular access or blood withdrawal from dialysis shunts.

Clinical Context

Used during hemodialysis cannulation to engorge vessels and facilitate needle placement. Also used during dialysis to assess access patency.

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Specialties

DialysisNursingPhlebotomy

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