Central Venous Catheter for Hemodialysis: Changing Your Dressings
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Accessing Your Implanted Access Port
Learn what you and your family members need to do and care for in order to keep your implanted access port working well and complication-free.
Hemodialysis
Hemodialysis is a type of procedure that involves the patient being connected to a machine to clean their blood of any excess fluid or waste material. On average, each session of hemodialysis lasts 4 hours and must be done three times a week in a dialysis center. Learn more about hemodialysis by watching this program.
Flushing Your Implanted Access Port
Watch how your implanted access port will be flushed to clean it on the inside in order to prevent infection and clotting.
Living With Your Implanted Access Port
Learn how to properly care for your implanted port to keep it infection free and in good working order to keep it in use for several weeks to months.
