title: Silicone catheter fracture secondary to stress events and a dressing technique to reduce those events.
abstract: In vitro experiments describe how two specific stresses result in weakened and thus more easily fractured silicone catheters. The two stresses studied are stretching and kinking of the catheters. A dressing method for flexible peripherally inserted catheters that eliminates kinking and significantly reduces stretching is described. The dressing method is compared experimentally with a standard dressing method.
authors: Precision PICCs Inc., Everett, Washington, USA.
authors: G D
authors: GD
authors: LaRue
authors: P A
authors: PA
authors: Farnsworth
mesh_terms: D002404:Catheterization; D002406:Catheterization, Peripheral; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D006801:Humans; D008422:Materials Testing; D012826:Silicone Elastomers; D013314:Stress, Mechanical
chemical_list: D012826:Silicone Elastomers