How to protect and care for the skin around your vascular access catheter site — understanding skin reactions to adhesives and antiseptics, preventing medical adhesive-related skin injury, managing sensitive skin, and when skin changes need professional attention.
A patient guide to PICC line removal — when and why PICCs are removed, what the procedure involves, what to expect immediately afterward, and when to seek help if something does not feel right.
How patients and families can help prevent IV-related infections, what hand hygiene means at the bedside, when to alert your care team, and what your nurses are doing to keep your catheter safe.
A complete patient guide to living with an implanted port — how the port works, what port access feels like, home care between uses, activity and bathing, warning signs, and when to seek help.
A complete patient guide to living with a tunneled central venous catheter — Hickman, Broviac, or Groshong — including exit site care, dressing changes, flushing differences by catheter type, activity, bathing, complications, and long-term management.
A complete patient guide to going home with a PICC line — dressing care, flushing, bathing, activity, recognizing problems, when to call for help, and home infusion therapy.
A complete patient guide to going home with a midline catheter — dressing care, flushing, bathing, activity, recognizing complications, and when to seek help.
What patients can and cannot do physically while living with a vascular access device — activity guidelines by device type, returning to exercise after catheter placement, sports and swimming, and why staying active matters.
A complete patient guide to dialysis vascular access — understanding AV fistulas, AV grafts, and tunneled dialysis catheters, how to care for each, what warning signs to watch for, and how to protect your access long-term.
A patient and family guide to arterial lines (A-lines) — what they are, why they are used in critical care, how they work, the critical safety rules that apply, and what to expect when one is placed or removed.