Take your PICC: New guide aims to decrease dangers from long-term IV devices

More than a billion times a year, American hospital patients get tiny tubes inserted into their veins to deliver medicine and more. But these devices carry risks as well as benefits -- especially those designed to stay in the body for days or weeks. A newly published, research-based guide shows doctors and nurses which kind of device to use, in which patient, for the best and safest result -- and which to avoid at all costs.

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