phlegmatic adjective. âº A phlegmatic âperson does not usually get âemotional or âexcited about things: As a âfootball âplayer, his âgreat âasset was his âcalm, phlegmatic âmanner. (Definition of phlegmatic from the Cambridge Advanced Learners Dictionary & Thesaurus Â© Cambridge University Press).
Outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy (OPAT) is now accepted as standard care in most communities. Antibiotic therapy may be given at home, in an office-based setting, or through a hospital-based infusion program. OPAT offers several advantages to patients, health care providers, and insurers.
A heparin or saline lock is an IV without being attached to that damn pole. Conventional IVs attach to a tube that leads to a solution bag hanging on the pole. A lock is an IV that is attached to a little chamber on your hand filled with either saline or heparin, thus the name. It is about the size of a nickel and provides access to your venous system if the nurses need to give you any medication fast but allows you freedom of movement (no tubes or poles).