What is an implanted catheter with an external port? Is this a way of defining a tunneled catheter?
Any and all catheters with an external segment has a traditional round hub. That hub is the open catheter lumen. A port implies this must be accessed with some other device. There is no implanted catheter with an external port.
Lynn Hadaway, M.Ed., RN, CRNI
Lynn Hadaway Associates, Inc.
PO Box 10
Milner, GA 30257
Website http://www.hadawayassociates.com
Office Phone 770-358-7861
Any and all catheters with an external segment has a traditional round hub. That hub is the open catheter lumen. A port implies this must be accessed with some other device. There is no implanted catheter with an external port.
Lynn Hadaway, M.Ed., RN, CRNI
Lynn Hadaway Associates, Inc.
PO Box 10
Milner, GA 30257
Website http://www.hadawayassociates.com
Office Phone 770-358-7861