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PHSA - CW - Central Venous Catheter and PICC Care and Maintenance

Course Type: eLearning Course
Length: < 5 minutes
Category: Clinical

This course was developed by Vancouver Coastal Health Authority, and has been adapted for BC Children's Hospital and BC Women's Hospital and Health Centre (CW) with permission.

Topic include:

Indications and contraindications
Common insertion sites
Catheter tips: valved or non-valved
Types of CVCs: tunneled or non-tunneled
Complications
Care and maintenance
Obtaining blood samples
Removal
IVAD access and deaccess

Target Audience	Registered nurses at BC Children's Hospital and BC Women's Hospital
Course Code	1694

Contact Information

Melanie Basso: mbasso@cw.bc.ca

mbasso@cw.bc.ca