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 ...

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 ...

but was later capped when a peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) was placed in the right arm. The IV access in the left arm was not removed because it was partially covered by the burn ...