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While an 18-gauge, or a catheter measuring 0.234 inches (about 5.94 mm), used to be the standard, the development of short peripheral catheters with smaller but stronger walls made it possible to use a smaller size for a larger fluid flow.
The catheter is 20 gauge with a flow rate of approximately 40 ml/minute. Whether the POWERGlide catheter can be used for drawing diagnostic blood draws during hospitalization is an unanswered question. In fact, at the present time, the POWERGlide is unsupported by published studies.