It also could cause the PICC to break ... When the entire catheter has been withdrawn, the nurse should measure it carefully and compare this measurement to the documented insertion length.

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

This patient will require a different type of central catheter. The presence of upper extremity or subclavian thrombosis is another contraindication for bedside PICC insertion, whether or not ...