News
2024
July 17th, 2024 - “PICC Guard, the only FDA-cleared tamper-evident device, is now part of the FSS and is available for purchase by any Veterans Administration Hospital through their partner, SDVOSB Marathon Medical. PICC Guard is a valuable tool that addresses the opioid epidemic by facilitating monitoring of your high-risk IVDU patients, protecting their sobriety while inpatient.”
July 15th, 2024 - “PICC Guard, LLC, has been awarded a national group purchasing agreement and Breakthrough Technology designation for Tamper-Evident Technology with Premier, Inc. for PICC Guard, a tamper-evident intravenous catheter protection device. Premier is a leading healthcare improvement company and Group Purchasing Organization (GPO), uniting an alliance of hospitals and healthcare providers to provide optimal outcomes at lower cost.”
March 11th, 2024 - “New Infusion Nurses Society Standards of Practice Recommends Tamper-Evident Protection and Care at Home” - The Infusion Nurses' Society Infusion Therapy Standards of Practice Version 9 was recently released. Two new Standards, Standard 37 and 66, address the care of patients who inject drugs (PWID) inside and outside of the hospital.
2023
October 15, 2023 - Linda C. Smith, MSN, RN, CSNI, VA-BC, from James A. Haley VA Medical Center in Tampa, Florida presented a case study poster at Association of Vascular Access in Portland, Oregon - “Using Tamper-Evident Technology to Protect Patient Sobriety and Reduce Cost of Care.”
2021
October 23, 2021 - PICC Guard and RyMed Technologies, LLC announced an exclusive U.S. national distribution partnership to help healthcare professionals transform how they provide care and intravenous therapy to IVDU and other high-risk patients
2020
January 3, 2020 - FDA 510(k) Clearance. First medical device to be cleared as a tamper-evident catheter access cover for IV lines.