If a doctor or nurse inserted the PICC line during a hospital stay, they may remove it before the person goes home if it is no longer needed. If an individual leaves the hospital with the PICC ...

These can include: PICC lines don’t need to be removed in an operating room. A doctor or nurse can remove them immediately after your last infusion. After cleansing the area, they’ll gently ...

Can I refuse to remove a patient's PICC because I'm not an advanced practice nurse? You shouldn't assume that PICC line removal is or isn't an RN function without checking with your state Board of ...

Consider removing oral gastric and nasal gastric tubes; their removal may aid in the visualization of the neonatal PICC on radiography. Exceptions include patients with disorders that require ...

The PICC was used for hyperalimentation for 18 days, without apparent complications, following which initial attempts to remove the indwelling catheter encountered resistance. The catheter was ...

The most common reason for PICC removal was completion of therapy (59%). They were also removed because of progressive disease (9%), thrombosis (7%), infection (7%), migration (5%), patients pulling ...

Describe the incidence of catheter-related blood stream infection (CRBSI), following removal of peripherally inserted central venous catheters (PICC) in preterm infants. A retrospective cohort ...

It sounds like you have not had training in PICC removal. If not, it's not appropriate for you to be removing PICCs. The individual who has ordered the line removal may have practiced in a ...