Equipment Used (Access) for giving Chemotherapy

Name	Access	Area of the body
Hickman Line	Venous	This type of line is tunnelled under the skin of the chest wall and inserted into the large veins in the neck. The end of the line is outside the skin about half way down the front of the chest.
PICC (peripherally inserted central catheter)	Venous	This is a long line inserted into a vein in the arm and threaded up to the large veins in the neck. The end of the line is outside the skin near the crook of the elbow.
Portacath/implantable port/port	Venous	This is also inserted into the neck veins but the end of the line is under the skin, usually of the chest wall. A small lump will be palpable under the skin and this is the chamber into which, drugs can be injected.
Peritoneal port	peritoneal	These catheters are usually inserted surgically and have ports underneath the skin of the abdomen.
Omaya reservoir	Spinal fluid	The reservoir is a chamber placed under the skin of the scalp, this communicates via a tube with the spinal fluid. This avoids repeated spinal tap procedures.

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