Personal Medical Devices

Watch how and when to safely change and throw away soiled dressings, and how to recognize signs of infection at the insertion site.

Watch these tips to keeping your long-term PICC line infection-free and in good working order, and how to recognize infections and serious health complications.

See how your healthcare provider will quickly and easily remove your PICC line when it is no longer needed.

If you're leaving the hospital with a PICC line, or peripherally inserted central catheter, it is important to know why you have the PICC line what questions to ask of your care provider and your role in maintaining it and avoiding infection. This video helps explains your PICC line care. 

Learn how to properly care for your implanted port to keep it infection free and in good working order to keep it in use for several weeks to months.

Learn how your implanted access port will be properly removed by your healthcare provider.

Learn about living a healthy life with your urinary catheter and taking the necessary steps to ensure it stays clean, healthy and infection free.

Learn that your catheter will be removed by your healthcare provider at the appropriate time and how to care for yourself after its removal.

During a hospital stay you may need to have a urinary catheter inserted into your bladder. However, that catheter can be a setup for a urinary-tract infection. Learn more about urinary catheter safety and simple steps you can take to protect yourself or a loved one.

If you are leaving the hospital with a urinary catheter in place, you'll need to learn how to take care of it. This program offers easy instructions on cleaning and caring for your urinary catheter.

Learn steps to ensure your surgical drain remains healthy and in good working order. Also, learn signs of infection to be aware of and other possible reasons to contact your healthcare provider.

Understand the factors that go into consideration when your healthcare provider decides when to remove your surgical drain.

Learn helpful everyday tips to ensure your central venous catheter stays clean, infection free, and in good working order.

Understand when CVC will be removed, and what you can expect at that time.

Learn how to properly care for your tracheostomy stoma to ensure you are breathing comfortably and to prevent infection.

Understand why breathing through a tracheostomy causes your body to produce more mucus and the steps you can take to avoid a mucus build-up. Also, learn what you can do to get rid of a mucus build-up when you do get one.

Learn steps for living with a tracheostomy to ensure it stays working well and infection free. Also, learn circumstances for which you should call your healthcare provider or 911.

Learn what to expect when it comes time for your tracheostomy to be removed, allowing you to breathe through your nose and mouth again.

If you or a loved one is discharged from a hospital with a tracheotomy, knowing how to care for the stoma and tracheostomy, including tips to avoid infection as well as the signs of infection, is critical to maintaining your health. This video walks through simple steps of tracheotomy care.