In February, the attempted execution of Thomas Eugene Creech, a man on death row, failed after the execution team was unable to establish a peripheral intravenous line, despite trying eight times ...

IDOC’s policy allowed an alternative method of placing a central IV – inserted into a larger vein - when the peripheral cannot be established. Central lines are used more when a peripheral IV ...

2 With up to 69% of peripheral IV lines failing before treatment is completed, 3 Peripheral Advantage is designed to decrease the number of PIVCs required to complete therapy. “No patient asks ...