# OnCo record picc-and-tunnelled-line-care (protocol). Data CC BY-NC 4.0, attribute "Data from OnCo (onco.cc)". Whole corpus: https://onco.cc/api/v1/onco.nt
@prefix schema: <https://schema.org/> .
@prefix onco: <https://onco.cc/ns#> .
@prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> .

<https://onco.cc/protocols/picc-and-tunnelled-line-care/>
  a schema:MedicalGuideline ;
  onco:kind "protocol" ;
  schema:identifier "picc-and-tunnelled-line-care" ;
  schema:name "PICC and tunnelled central line care: dressing, hub cleaning, flushing and living with the line"@en ;
  schema:alternateName "PICC care"@en, "PICC dressing change"@en, "Hickman line care"@en, "tunnelled line care"@en, "central line dressing"@en, "scrub the hub"@en, "needleless connector care"@en, "bionector change"@en, "line flush"@en, "CVC maintenance"@en, "CHG dressing"@en ;
  schema:description "A PICC (a thin tube in the arm) or a tunnelled line (in the chest) needs regular care: a clear sealed dressing changed about once a week, the end cap cleaned before every use, and a salt-water flush to keep it open. Keep it dry and out of baths and swimming pools, and call your team if it gets red, sore, leaks, will not flush or you get a fever."@en ;
  schema:url <https://onco.cc/protocols/picc-and-tunnelled-line-care/> ;
  schema:dateModified "2026-11-11"^^xsd:date ;
  onco:related <https://onco.cc/protocols/implanted-port-access-and-care/>, <https://onco.cc/protocols/suspected-central-line-infection/>, <https://onco.cc/protocols/catheter-related-thrombosis-in-cancer/>, <https://onco.cc/protocols/central-line-maintenance-bundle/>, <https://onco.cc/protocols/community-care-of-vascular-access-devices/> ;
  onco:technologies <https://onco.cc/technologies/picc-lines/>, <https://onco.cc/technologies/catheter-securement-devices/>, <https://onco.cc/technologies/needleless-connector-disinfecting-caps/>, <https://onco.cc/technologies/catheter-lock-solutions/>, <https://onco.cc/technologies/infusion-devices-vascular-access/> ;
  onco:terms <https://onco.cc/terms/central-venous-access/> .