title: Neonatal PICC: one unit's six-year experience with limiting catheter complications.
abstract: Safe dressing techniques for neonatal peripherally inserted central catheters (PICCs) remain controversial in the literature. This article describes one unit's experience with the placement and management of 491 PICCs during a six-year period with more than 5,600 catheter days. The dressing technique described in this article differs from that seen in the literature with the addition of a protective base layer. Catheter complication rates are low, and catheter dressing changes are minimized with this dressing technique.
authors.affiliation: mcorzine@sfmc.net
authors.forename: Marie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Corzine
authors.forename: Lynne D
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Willett
mesh_terms: D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000451:nursing / Q000517:prevention & control; D001458:Bandages; D047070:Bandages, Hydrocolloid; D002405:Catheterization, Central Venous / Q000379:methods / Q000451:nursing*; D002408:Catheters, Indwelling / Q000382:microbiology; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000451:nursing / Q000517:prevention & control; D004868:Equipment Failure; D006801:Humans; D052577:Infant, Extremely Low Birth Weight; D007230:Infant, Low Birth Weight; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases / Q000451:nursing*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic