Heparin may be used to flush the line to prevent blood clots. Medicine will be placed at the insertion site (the place where it goes into your skin). The medicine helps prevent an infection at the site. The catheter will be secured to your skin with a dressing. The dressing holds it ...
1. Before taking a bath, extend the elastic sealing ring of the nursing cover with the assistance of family members2. The patient slowly inserts the affected limb into the sleeve, avoiding contact with the affected area3. When the affected limb is fully ins...
People who use drugs (PWUD), and especially those who inject drugs, are at increased risk of acquiring bloodborne infections (e.g., HIV and HCV), experiencing drug-related harms (e.g., abscesses and overdose), and being hospitalized and requiring inpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy deliver...
Sometimes, the PICC wouldn’t work properly when staff drew blood. After my first week of hospitalization — with five more scheduled over the next half year — I elected to have a port installed instead. Again, a doctor and radiologists made an incision in the upper right side of my ...
People who use drugs (PWUD), and especially those who inject drugs, are at increased risk of acquiring bloodborne infections (e.g., HIV and HCV), experiencing drug-related harms (e.g., abscesses and overdose), and being hospitalized and requiring inpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy deliver...