Administering drug treatments or nutrition directly into veins is a tried and trusted technique. Patients are treated by this route for a number of reasons:

• the treatments work more effectively or quickly when delivered intravenously.
• sometimes the treatments have to be given frequently, or in large doses.
• the patient is too unwell to be able to take treatment by mouth.
• if the course of treatment is long term, e.g. some cancer treatments, it can be more convenient to use a single device to deliver the therapy.

Today there is a wider choice of vascular access devices available that suit both the medical and social needs of patients and healthcare professionals.

Please choose the device you would like more information on:
 

Peripheral Devices:

Peripheral Cannula

Midline

Central Devices:

Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter (P.I.C.C.)

Acute Central Venous Catheter

Tunnelled Central Venous Catheter

Implantable Port