Is there a difference between a cordis and TLC?

Is there a difference between a cordis and triple lumen catheter or is the terminology used interchangeably?

I thought there was a difference but maybe I'm wrong.

Would like some feedback from my nursing sisters and brothers please

Thank you!
Two different things. Cordis is actually a brand. What most folks mean when they refer to a line as a cordis is a double or single lumen introducer that allows for LARGE and rapid infusions and they also allow for insertion of a pulmonary artery catheter.

Quote from patient advIs there a difference between a cordis and triple lumen catheter or is the terminology used interchangeably?I thought there was a difference but maybe I'm wrong.Would like some feedback from my nursing sisters and brothers please Thank you!

Where I work, you might see a cordis in a trauma patient or a post-op transplant patient. The cordis is BIG. Think of a coffee straw.The triple lumen central line is more commonly seen.Hospital policy says we cannot transfer a patient to the floor from the ICU with a cordis, so either the doctor changes it over a wire to a triple lumen central line or it is removed.I once had a patient with an IJ cordis years ago. I helped him out of bed to a recliner. I didn't realize that his IV tubing had disconnected from his cordis when he stood up (the line was on the opposite side of his neck from where I was standing). There was no cap on the cordis to prevent bleeding out of the line. All of a sudden he turns gray and looks at me and says "I am going to die". Luckily the doctors were right there and I figured out quickly what was happening and the man recovered quickly.You can bleed out quickly from a cordis.

my floor gets a lot of post-op CABG patients.. they often come with a cordis...that I love for selfish reasons.. mainly I have great access and I don't have to worry about nurse collect draws in the AM.

We get patients with a CORDIS all the time, and I love them! We call them MAC lines for some reason. The PA part is capped off when they come over. Usually they are put in the internal jugular vein.Triple lumen caths can be put in SC vein, EJ, fem etc.

Quote from tcvnurseWe get patients with a CORDIS all the time, and I love them! We call them MAC lines for some reason. The PA part is capped off when they come over. Usually they are put in the internal jugular vein.Triple lumen caths can be put in SC vein, EJ, fem etc.

I was taught that MAC stood for multiple access catheter; 4 or 5 lumens, as opposed to the standard 3. A cordis line could fall under that category, I suppose, since it has multiple lumens, but not all MACs are cordises.

Quote from porterwomanI was taught that MAC stood for multiple access catheter; 4 or 5 lumens, as opposed to the standard 3. A cordis line could fall under that category, I suppose, since it has multiple lumens, but not all MACs are cordises.