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

Only clinicians who have been trained to manage potential complications should remove a PICC. One potential complication, often referred to as a "stuck PICC," occurs when the catheter fails to ...

LUBBOCK, Texas– 12-year-old Abby Martin is battling leukemia, but has used her treatment as a way to help others in the same fight. Part of her treatment involves a PICC line, a tube inserted in ...

“Outpatient parental (IV) antibiotic delivered via midline catheters was associated with a lower risk of major complications ...

and potential complications must be considered prior to insertion of a PICC. Nurses caring for patients with PICCs must be properly educated in device use, site care, and catheter maintenance ...