New catheter materials for peripherally inserted central catheters (PICCs) may reduce the risk of device failure due to infectious, thrombotic, and catheter occlusion events.

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a PICC line may split, but this is very rare Your nurse will test your PICC line each time they use it. They will check for blood return and inject it with salt water (saline). This is called flushing ...

Flush it to make sure it doesn’t get clogged. Change the dressing and catheter parts -- you only do this for PICC lines and tunneled CVCs, not for ports. To make care a little easier: ...

Teleflex and its subsidiary Arrow International have initiated a recall of specific intra-aortic balloon (IAB) catheter kits due to a manufacturing defect that may prevent full balloon inflation ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The recall of two varieties of intra-aortic balloon catheter kits has been designated as class I by the FDA ...

While the device was marketed as a nonsurgical way to clear catheter obstructions, the MUSC team believed that regular flushing might prevent blockage in the first place.

Successful aspiration and catheter flushing were achieved. The continuity of the Hickman catheter was then restored using a repair kit (Bard Access Systems) as per the manufacturer's instructions ...