- e.g. Hickman line
- single or multilumen line into a major central vein (e.g. subclavian or internal jugular)
- inserted using strict aseptic technique patients can look after their line at home, and giving their own drugs
- problems:
- infection,
- blockage (flush with normal saline or intravenous heparin, eg every week),
- axillary, subclavian or superior vena cava thrombosis/obstruction,
- line slipage
see videos after the break
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