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, NPD-BC, 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, NPD-BC, CRNI
Lynn Hadaway Associates, Inc.
PO Box 10
Milner, GA 30257
Website http://www.hadawayassociates.com
Office Phone 770-358-7861