# OnCo record idea-upgrade-antiseptic-caps-for-long-term-lines-at-home (idea). Data CC BY-NC 4.0, attribute "Data from OnCo (onco.cc)". Whole corpus: https://onco.cc/api/v1/onco.nt
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<https://onco.cc/ideas/idea-upgrade-antiseptic-caps-for-long-term-lines-at-home/>
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  onco:kind "idea" ;
  schema:identifier "idea-upgrade-antiseptic-caps-for-long-term-lines-at-home" ;
  schema:name "Test antiseptic caps on the connectors of PICCs and tunnelled lines in people having cancer treatment at home"@en ;
  schema:description "An antiseptic cap that sits on the end of a line's connector between uses may lower infections. The evidence comes mostly from hospital wards and intensive care; for people with cancer who live at home with a PICC or tunnelled line for months, NICE found too little evidence and asked for research."@en ;
  schema:url <https://onco.cc/ideas/idea-upgrade-antiseptic-caps-for-long-term-lines-at-home/> ;
  schema:dateModified "2026-11-11"^^xsd:date ;
  schema:citation <https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2022.87>, <https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/htg510/chapter/1-Recommendations> ;
  onco:tag "protocol-upgrade", "upgrade:promising", "evidence:moderate" ;
  onco:sections <https://onco.cc/fronts/chemotherapy/>, <https://onco.cc/fronts/supportive-care/> ;
  onco:technologies <https://onco.cc/technologies/needleless-connector-disinfecting-caps/>, <https://onco.cc/technologies/picc-lines/> ;
  onco:terms <https://onco.cc/terms/central-venous-access/> ;
  onco:bottlenecks <https://onco.cc/bottlenecks/b-toxicity-qol/> .