Researchers describe how they developed a program for home-based management of indwelling PICC to improve patient self-management.

He was discharged from Mass General with a sling on his right arm and a peripherally inserted central catheter, or a PICC line, delivering medication to treat his infection. Last week, he finally ...

The agency also broadcast an issue with BD intravascular peripherally inserted central catheters linked to 10 serious injuries.

When he left Mass General on Feb. 20, his right arm was propped up in a sling, while a peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) was fixed in place to regularly administer antibiotics to his ...

in which the catheter is inserted into a large vein in your chest. The other method is called a peripherally inserted central catheter, or PICC line. The catheter is threaded through a vein in ...

Guidewire exchange can be used for suspicion of catheter-related infection without local signs of infection at the insertion site and provided adequate cultures are obtained for further evaluation.

With careful consideration of several factors, many patients can avoid an overnight stay, reducing costs without sacrificing ...

The standard of care for external catheter anchorage is to suture the catheter to the skin at the insertion site. 11 Within our institution ... While it has been extensively studied on central venous ...

Vandals targeted the hilltop site where monks dispensed herbal and plant medicine from the 12th Century.