Central Venous Access Devices (CVAD)

Many children with medical complexity rely on CVADs in home and community care for long-term intravenous therapy including medication administration, parenteral nutrition, dialysis, hydration, and blood sampling. Types of CVADs include central venous lines (CVL) and peripherally inserted central catheters (PICC). The following resources will support best practices in CVAD care.

Resources

• CVAD Dressing Change Procedure

• CVAD Cap Change Procedure

Securement Devices

Securement devices are an important method of stabilizing and preventing accidental dislodgement of CVADs. Due to limited supply availability, SickKids has changed CVAD securement device products from StatLock™ to Clik-Fix®.

• What changed with securement devices?

• What is different with Clik-Fix®?

• CVADs with a short external length

• CVADs with a long external length

• Video: Introduction to Clik-Fix®

• Video: Using Clik-Fix® for CVADs with a short external length

• Video: Using Clik-Fix® for CVADS with a long external length