If it is just an ABX drip, in the hospital we usually remove the IV from the lock/connection and flush the lock with sterile normal saline (or a Heparin flush) so that a clot doesn't form there. Our respiratory therapist take care of the treatments and they usually return, remove the mask and put the patient back on oxygen-either regular mask or nasal canula.
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