Sepsis risk is higher in cancer and dialysis patients, with defective PICC lines contributing to infections, but hydrogel-coated lines may reduce these risks Polyurethane PICC lines, dialysis ...
The risk of experiencing a bloodstream infection was significantly higher in patients with PICCs. Safer alternative designs that don’t use polyurethane are available and this technology has been ...
Primary PICC failure was 24% (13/55) in the intervention group and 22% (12/55) in the standard care group. There are no barriers to testing the old, obsolete polyurethane PICC lines, MedPorts, ...