More than five million central lines are placed in patients who need prolonged drug delivery, such as those undergoing cancer treatments, in the United States every year, yet the common procedure can ...

Penn State researchers developed a robotic simulation training programing, pictured here, that allows medical residents to practice placing central lines under a variety of scenarios and receive ...

Having a trained nurse or nurse team present during central line procedures or catheter insertion reduces the chance of infection for patients by 47%, according to new research from the Association ...