The following text provides a summary of the teaching points that appear in the video. Placement of peripheral intravenous (IV) catheters is a fundamental skill that all health care professionals ...

A multi-specialty panel has designed a best practices guide for the "insertion, care, and management" of peripherally inserted central catheters (PICCs). The group, led by Vineet Chopra, MD, of the ...

Peripheral intravenous (IV) catheter contains a slim flexible plastic tube that can be inserted in the peripheral vein in a patient’s arm using a hollow needle, which can then be withdrawn, and ...