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You are going home with a PICC line. Here's what you need to know to care for your PICC.

Your child will be going home from the hospital with a plaster cast in place. A cast helps your child’s body heal. A damaged cast can prevent the injury from healing well. Take good care of your child’s cast.

Sterile glove technique is a way to protect you from infection when changing a dressing or doing another care task. Here's how to follow this technique at home.

If your child is having trouble swallowing food or liquid safely, a feeding tube may be needed. This is a special tube used to put liquid food or medicine straight into your child's stomach or intestine. It may be used if your child can't take enough food or liquid by mouth for proper growth.

You were given home care instructions for your child's G-tube or G-J tube before they were discharged from the hospital. This sheet can help you remember those steps when you and your child are at home.

Your child's PICC line is an important part of their health care. To care for your child's PICC line, you'll need to flush it. Here are instructions on what to do.

Your PICC line is an important part of your health care. To care for your PICC line, you will need to flush it. Here are instructions on what to do.

Learn how to keep your gastrostomy tube from getting clogged by flushing it with warm water after each feeding and before and after giving any medicines.

A PICC takes the place of a standard IV (intravenous) line. It is often used when treatment needs you to have medicine or nutrition for weeks or months. Here's what you need to know about getting a PICC.