More than five million central lines are placed in patients who need prolonged drug delivery, such as those undergoing cancer treatments, in the United States every year, yet the common procedure can ...

Each year, more than 2.2 million children around the world undergo central venous access procedures, with a thin, flexible catheter placed into a vein near the heart.But due to the existing designs ...

Washington State University and Mayo Clinic researchers have developed an electrochemical catheter hub that could someday help prevent deadly central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) ...