Abstract: Pediatric cancer management is highly challenging. Children with malignancies require a promising central venous access device (CVAD) for the safe administration of chemotherapeutic agents, supportive care such as blood and blood product transfusions. Port -a -cath is the highly trusted and practically reliable CVAD used in tertiary care hospitals where cancer care is provided. Since nurses are the front-line care providers they need to be equipped with adequate knowledge and skills for the safe handling and maintenance of the port a cath device to ensure its longevity there by to assure quality of care rendered to children
keywords: Port a cath, central venous access device, Advantages, Insertion, Huber point needle, port access and de-access, complications, Restoration, Prevention
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