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PICC (Peripherally Inserted Central Venous Catheter) Line


PICC lines help children avoid some painful IV pokes. Fewer pokes also mean fewer breaks in the skin for germs to enter. This means less chance for infection.
The PICC is a thin tube made of soft, flexible, rubber-like material, such as silicone or polyurethane. The catheter is placed by a nurse or doctor with special training. This is done while the child is awake, under conscious sedation, or under general anaesthesia. When the catheter is in place, it is not painful to the child.
A PICC line is placed in a small vein in the upper arm (either on left or right side) with the help of ultrasound and the catheter slides into a large vein near the heart. Medicines and fluids that can bother a small vein can usually be handled by a large vein without a problem.
PICCs can have either one or two openings (lumens). Your child’s health care team will decide which type your child needs, based on the kind of IV treatment your child will get.

Your doctor will decide if a PICC is right for your child.


They will discuss it with you and your child.
Before the PICC is placed, they can tell you the type of catheter they have chosen and why.
Sometimes when the catheter is placed, the person putting it in may use something to hold the catheter in place. This is called a securement device. One brand name is called a Statlock. Some dressings have the securement device built in. This will be changed every week as a part of the dressing change.

After the PICC is placed, an x-ray is taken to make sure that the catheter is in the right position.


A clear dressing will cover where the catheter comes out (exit site).
The end of the catheter that is outside your child’s body is always capped with a needleless connector, or connection tubing that has an needleless connector.
The catheter is designed to stay in place for a long time.
However, each child is different.
The doctor will decide how long the catheter must stay in place.
Until you, your family, and your child get used to the catheter, talk about it together.

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