BioFlo PICC’s are leading the way in saving lives. Watch this video to see all the benefits of this state of the art PICC View video here
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A Farmingdale-based startup is bringing infusion services to rural locations and smaller health-care facilities to spare patients the hassle and extra cost of having to travel far from home. Read more here
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Peripheral intravenous catheters (PIVCs) are the most commonly used vascular access device in health care with around 65% of hospitalised patients receiving PIVC therapy during their stay. The insertion of a PIVC is the most commonly performed invasive procedure in hospitalised patients. However, failure rates of PIVCs are high at around 40% before the completion
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Approximately 500,000 Americans with end-stage renal disease rely on hemodialysis to survive. Hemodialysis requires repeated access to the blood. Failure to maintain adequate access to the vasculature is a major cause of medical complications and, potentially, death for these patients.A new study in The American Journal of Pathology provides information about the mechanisms underlying failure of the most common
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Nurses insert and care for more than two billion intravascular (IV) devices globally each year. A wound is created for each IV insertion, and the wound cannot heal while the IV remains. Usually, millions of microorganisms live on our skin and cause no harm.However, insertion of an IV allows these microorganisms to be directly pushed
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