Nursing care to patients percutaneouswithand/or medium to long- term central venous catheter
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Nursing care to patients with percutaneous and/or medium to long-term central venous catheter
Nursing care to patients with percutaneous and/or medium to long-term central venous catheter
Nursing care to patients with percutaneous and/or medium to long-term central venous catheter
Nursing care to patients with percutaneous and/or medium to long-term central venous catheter
Nursing care to patients with percutaneous and/or medium to long-term central venous catheter
PARTIALLY IMPLANTABLE DEVICES OR EXTERNAL TUNNELLED SYSTEMS
GROSHONG HICKMAN and BROVIAC
TOTALLY IMPLANTABLE DEVICES (PORTS)
Nursing care to patients with percutaneous and/or medium to long-term central venous catheter
single, double and triple lumen
Connector
Attached clamps
Protective clamping sleeve
Antimicrobial cuff
Tissue ingrowth cuff
Catheter
Nursing care to patients with percutaneous and/or medium to long-term central venous catheter
Winged connector Protective sleeve
Rounded tip
Groshong valve
Suture wing
Red point
Antimicrobial cuff
Tissue ingrowth cuff
Nursing care to patients with percutaneous and/or medium to long-term central venous catheter
Nursing care to patients with percutaneous and/or medium to long-term central venous catheter
Nursing care to patients with percutaneous and/or medium to long-term central venous catheter
Nursing care to patients with percutaneous and/or medium to long-term central venous catheter
Nursing care to patients with percutaneous and/or medium to long-term central venous catheter
Nursing care to patients with percutaneous and/or medium to long-term central venous catheter
type
with reservoir of different shapes, dimensions and materials, with single or double lumen.
Nursing care to patients with percutaneous and/or medium to long-term central venous catheter
Huber (A) and Gripper (B) needles with offset non-coring tip preserving the integrity of the port septum. A
Second access line
Removable handle
Bending-resistant tube
Large and padded base of the needle
Non-coring and non-siliconized needle
Nursing care to patients with percutaneous and/or medium to long-term central venous catheter
Nursing care to patients with percutaneous and/or medium to long-term central venous catheter
Nursing care to patients with percutaneous and/or medium to long-term central venous catheter
Nursing care to patients with percutaneous and/or medium to long-term central venous catheter
Nursing care to patients with percutaneous and/or medium to long-term central venous catheter
Nursing care to patients with percutaneous and/or medium to long-term central venous catheter
Nursing care to patients with percutaneous and/or medium to long-term central venous catheter
Site Superficial access
Upper body
• External jugular vein
• Cephalic vein
• Basilic vein
• Axillary vein
Deep access
• Internal jugular vein
• Subclavian vein
Lower body
• Saphena vein
• Femoral vein
Other (special cases)
• Umbilical vein
Insertion point
Catheter tunnelled under the skin
Polyester cuff
Nursing care to patients with percutaneous and/or medium to long-term central venous catheter
Nursing care to patients with percutaneous and/or medium to long-term central venous catheter
There is no best catheter and best placement technique; situations are different and difficult to generalize, thus making a complete standardization impossible.
Therefore, the team must be able to use different materials and techniques, to be adapted on a case by case basis.
Nursing care to patients with percutaneous and/or medium to long-term central venous catheter