A peripherally-inserted central catheter (PICC) line, is a long, soft, flexible tube inserted into a vein in the upper arm. Doctors use it to administer intravenous (IV) drugs, for instance, in ...

What is a PICC line? It is a long plastic tube that goes into a vein in your arm. It ends in a large vein close to your heart. At the end of the length of line that you can see, there are connection ...

The origination of the central venous catheter technique is attributed to Werner Forrsmann in 1929, who won a Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1956 for his idea of delivering a drug directly into the heart ...

It is the position of the Board of Nursing that a registered nurse may insert and remove Peripherally Inserted Central Catheters (PICC) lines upon order of a licensed physician and that the procedure ...

Our aim was to evaluate the safety of a silver–alginate-containing dressing to reduce peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) infections in neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) patients. A total ...

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 facility ...