The type of access used was central line 53%, midline 22%, standard dedicated peripheral cannula 21%, PICC line 2% and unknown in 2%. Insertion of the feeding line was documented in the notes in 75%.

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

Following the FDA’s clearance earlier this year of its large-bore catheter for removing oxygen-blocking blood clots, ...

In both groups, the replacement of artificial liver catheter dressings was performed by nurses certified in specialized ...

She did x-rays every 12 hours and had a PICC line (peripherally inserted central catheter) put in her thigh to administer her medicines. The PICC line is a long and thin flexible tube that’s ...

Bronnie lifted Mia's spirits by hand-crafting her a teddy fitted with a picc line, which is the tube inserted into a patient's arm to administer medication, fluids or blood. She said: "I couldn't ...

Next shift, a nurse comes out of her room. 'Doc, I literally just caught the woman injecting something into her PICC line.' Woman was injecting a slurry of her own shit into the picc line.

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 ...