Comprehensive guidelines on appropriate use of PICCS
Just published guidelines that will provide doctors/hospital to quickly determine the when to use a PICC. Gives clinicians an easy-to-use framework to pick the right device for each adult patient. It has yet to find it's way down to every doc/hospital.
http://www.uofmhealth.org/news/archive/201509/picc
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