Vascular access allows the insertion of a catheter, i.e. a thin, soft, hollow tube, into a blood vessel to allow blood to be drawn or for the administration of medicines, whether antibiotics or chemotherapy, for example, and even offers the possibility of intravenous feeding and even blood transfusions, without the tension - and pain - that causes patients to be repeatedly exposed to needle punctures.
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Vascular access allows the insertion of a catheter, i.e. a thin, soft, hollow tube, into a blood vessel to allow blood to be drawn or for the administration of medicines, whether antibiotics or chemotherapy, for example, and even offers the possibility of intravenous feeding and even blood transfusions, without the tension - and pain - that causes patients to be repeatedly exposed to needle punctures.