Your Rights: Informed Consent and Decision-Making
A patient's guide to informed consent for vascular access procedures — your right to understand, ask questions, agree, or refuse — and what happens if you cannot make decisions for yourself.
Patient Education: Vascular Access
Plain-language guides for patients and families on IV lines, catheters, infusion therapy, and vascular access care — what to expect, how to stay safe, and when to ask for help.
Your Interventional Radiology Visit: What to Expect
A patient guide to visiting interventional radiology for vascular access procedures — what IR is, what types of catheter procedures are done there, how to prepare, what the environment looks like, and what to expect during and after.
Your First Visit to an Outpatient Infusion Center
A guide to your first visit to an outpatient infusion center — what the facility looks like, what to expect during check-in and your infusion, how long to plan for, what to bring, and how to make the experience more comfortable.
Vascular Access Safety for Immunocompromised Patients
Vascular access safety guidance for immunocompromised patients — those receiving chemotherapy, transplant recipients, patients on immunosuppressants or biologics — including why infection risk is higher, stricter fever thresholds, enhanced precautions, and when to seek care immediately.
Vascular Access in the NICU: A Parent's Guide
A parent's guide to vascular access in the NICU — explaining umbilical catheters, neonatal PICC lines, and peripheral IVs in newborns: why they are placed, what they look like, how they are cared for, and how parents can help protect them.
Vascular Access and Goals of Care
A guide to vascular access decisions when shifting toward comfort-focused or palliative care — when to keep or remove a catheter, the role of IV lines in symptom management, questions about IV fluids at end of life, and how to have these conversations with your care team.
Understanding Vascular Access: A Patient's Guide
A plain-language introduction to vascular access — what it is, why you need it, and what to expect when your care team places an IV or catheter.
Types of IV Lines and Catheters: What's the Difference?
Plain-language descriptions of all major vascular access devices — peripheral IVs, midlines, PICC lines, central venous catheters, and implanted ports — including when each is used and what to expect.
Travel with a Vascular Access Device: A Practical Guide
A practical guide to traveling with a vascular access device — flying with a PICC or port, managing medications and supplies on the road, TSA and airport security, international travel, time zone management, and finding emergency care away from home.
Therapeutic Apheresis: What to Expect
A patient guide to therapeutic apheresis — what it is, the different types (therapeutic plasma exchange, LDL apheresis, red cell exchange, photopheresis), what vascular access is needed, what to expect during the procedure, and how to manage side effects.