<\/span><\/h2>\nCatheter care is an important component of aftercare. All central venous catheters have the potential of causing serious infections and complications that could lead to patient morbidity and mortality. Proper hygiene while inserting, examining, changing dressing and removing catheter is of immense importance.<\/p>\n
In case of any redness, swelling, bruising and extrusion at the catheter entry site on the chest or at the venotomy on the neck all fluid infusions or blood draws should be discontinued and appropriate medical therapy started. Make sure that dressing remains dry and is firmly secured to the area so that catheter remains in position and is protected from infection.<\/p>\n
Catheter should be regularly monitored for any kind of damage or pulling, since this could be a potential source of mispositioning of the catheter or fragmentation and even more concerning complications.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
What is a Trifusion-Triple lumen catheter? A trifusion triple lumen catheter is a central venous catheter made of polyurethane adapted from a Hickman catheter design. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_ti_tpc_template_sync":false,"_ti_tpc_template_id":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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