Objective: to check the use of the PICC catheter in health institutions in the Vale do Paraiba Paulista, how it is done, when it started and the professionals involved in the process. Method: observational, descriptive with a quantitative approach. A questionnaire was designed to collect the data, and a pre-test was run with three volunteers. The sample was formed by ten health institutions. Results: the PICC Catheter is used by 70% of the sample which presented: use of protocols throughout the process, investment in team training, control of complications, use of professional nurses for the device insertion and removal and the extensive use in their ICUs. The minority uses the image guided puncture for the device insertion. Conclusion: the PICC has been widely used since 2005. The competence of the qualified nurse is recognized, being that professional responsible for performing with such device.
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Queens Univ, Residency Program, Internal Med, Kingston, ON, CanadaQueens Univ, Residency Program, Internal Med, Kingston, ON, Canada
Wallace, Ashley
Smith, Lesley
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Lake Woods Dist Hosp, Dept Emergency & Family Med, Kenora, ON, CanadaQueens Univ, Residency Program, Internal Med, Kingston, ON, Canada
Smith, Lesley
Giles, Sarah
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Lake Woods Dist Hosp, Dept Emergency & Family Med, Kenora, ON, Canada
NOSM Univ, Fac Med, Dept Family Med, Thunder Bay, ON, CanadaQueens Univ, Residency Program, Internal Med, Kingston, ON, Canada
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GR Med Coll, Dept Anaesthesiol, Gwalior 474009, MP, India
JA Grp Hosp, Gwalior 474009, MP, IndiaGR Med Coll, Dept Anaesthesiol, Gwalior 474009, MP, India
Kothari, Dilip
Gupta, Suman
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Gupta, Suman
Tandon, Nelima
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Tandon, Nelima
Mehrotra, Amrita
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