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The state has laws about scope of practice and licensing. Otherwise it will be called malpractice. Speak to the doctor to have a visiting nurse come in. The antibiotics only need to be given in line once a day
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No RN, In my State, an RN has to be on site so many hours and on call for the rest.

Since ALs have mostly CNAs, not sure they can do this since not medically trained. There are a lot of instances where family members can be trained, but the laws are different for facilities and then its the liability.

Call your State Ombudsman to see what Ohio laws are.
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This is a question for the facility.

We administered antibiotics through a picc line on my boyfriend for two weeks in the home after he was released from the hospital. They permitted this only because his insurance was "bad." The RN at the hospital trained me and my boyfriends son on how to administer.
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My mom was home with a p8cc line and a visiting nurse came daily to give her the antibiotics.

This can happen in a facility as well.
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I highly doubt it. They will probably need a visiting nurse to administer the meds through a PICC.
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Everything I can quickly research says that PICC line is done in most states by RN only. I cannot know what Ohio allows.

Things are rapidly changing now in Medicine. There are times that LVN/LPNs are trained specially, and there are times that Med Techs are trained specially. Then according to the laws of the state they may administer things as specialized techs.

PICC lines and central lines, however, are quite special lines. Great care is required with them.

This is a question for you to discuss with your facility. There are often instances in which a IV nurse visits a facility to deliver IV medications and to do blood draws, etc. You will need to check all the rules and laws as they pertain to your state. I will leave that research to your online "googling" and expertise.

Back in the day it was often an admission to SNF during time a central line is needed. I don't know, given I am out of medicine now for two decades, what the rules and laws are these days. Today Nurse Practioners are typically seeing uncomplicated cases in leu of doctors, and even they have long waiting lines. Medicine is much changed.
Good luck.
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