| 摘要 |
The device protects the proximal extension of an indwelling catheter and its percutaneous puncture site from moisture, fluids and risk of infection and maintains a clean environment and a fluid-impermeable and bacteria growth-inhibiting seal against the patient's skin when bathing, showering or swimming, and also protects others from being exposed to the patient's blood and catheter at that time. A faceplate is adhered to the skin about the catheter exit site with medical adhesive, the proximal end of the catheter is secured to the faceplate to prevent it from moving from within the patient's body, and a water-impermeable housing is sealed to the faceplate, with the proximal end of the catheter extending into a cavity of the housing. An antimicrobial material may be disposed on the backside of the faceplate. The device allows a patient to shower, bathe and swim while preventing the catheter from being dislodged from the patient.
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