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Ways of holding a PICC or central line in place without stitches: a small anchor that sits just under the skin, or a see-through dressing containing an antiseptic gel that also helps keep infection away.
NICE recommends SecurAcath "as a cost-saving option for securing peripherally inserted central catheters (PICCs) with an anticipated medium- to long-term dwell time" (HTG440, formerly MTG34, published 5 June 2017, updated 10 August 2022); its cost model found savings when the PICC stays in place for 21 days or longer, because the anchor does not need replacing at weekly dressing changes. SecurAcath's 510(k) (K210629, 12 April 2021, product code OKC) is for "catheter securement to the access site by means of subcutaneous anchors". For dressings, NICE says the case for 3M's Tegaderm CHG IV securement dressing "is supported by the evidence" for central venous and arterial catheter sites in critically ill adults in intensive care or high dependency units, because it reduces catheter-related bloodstream and local site infections compared with standard transparent dressings (HTG379, formerly MTG25).
Flexible anchors deployed under the skin at the insertion site hold the catheter hub without adhesive or sutures; antiseptic dressings hold a chlorhexidine gel pad over the insertion site under a transparent film.
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Shares Infusion pumps, ports, and ambulatory chemotherapy devices and the tag devices-gaps-2026-11.
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