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Weeks of non-weight-bearing and a dressing that must stay dry make the shower the riskiest room in the house. Here is how to make it safe.

Up to two weeks of showering with one hand in the air, and a bag that leaks by day three. Here is a cover that seals properly.

Keep the incision dry and keep that arm down: two instructions that make the shower tricky. Here is how to manage both.

Your first shower after a hip replacement means juggling a dry dressing, hip precautions and a wet floor. Here is a setup that handles all three.

Planning a trip with a PICC? Supplies, airport security and unfamiliar showers are the three things to get right.

Itching and soreness around a PICC dressing are common by week two. Here is how to tell irritation from infection, and how to give your skin a break.

Afraid to roll over? A few changes to how you lie and how the line is secured make it much easier to sleep with a PICC.

Weeks of home infusion get easier once you have a system. Here are the practical parts nobody has time to explain at discharge.

Wet dressings at bath time are a predictable, preventable problem. Here is how facilities build a bathing step into line care.

Tubes coming out of your chest often mean weeks without a real shower. With the right barrier and your team's OK, many people can shower again.

People are often told a midline is "just a peripheral line." At shower time it needs the same care as a PICC. Here is the routine.

Bed baths and sink washes get the dressing wetter than people expect. A few habits, and a barrier, keep the line site dry.

A wet wound dressing on the foot can set healing back. Here is how to shower with one, and why the cover has to seal above the ankle.

You cannot see a back incision and you are not allowed to twist to reach it. Here is how to keep it dry with help, or on your own.

Out of sight, out of mind is a real nursing strategy. Here is how covering the line reduces pulled IVs in confused patients.

Sternal precautions, a long incision and sometimes a chest drain site: the first showers after heart surgery need a plan.

Every layer of tape is another skin tear waiting to happen on older or fragile skin. Netting secures the line with no adhesive at all.

Children with central lines cannot have a soak in the tub, but bath time does not have to be a fight. Here is how families make it work.

Almost everyone tries cling film and tape first. Here is why water still gets in, and what to use instead.

The shoulder is one of the hardest places to keep dry and the hardest to reach with one arm. A larger barrier and a little prep help.

The first shower after a knee replacement takes planning: a dry incision, a stable seat and a cover that does not slip. Here is the setup.

It happens to almost everyone with a PICC at least once. Here is what to do in the next hour, and how to make sure it does not happen again.

The external part of a PICC line is easy to catch on a sleeve, a seatbelt or a pet. A soft net over it solves most of that.

A chest catheter for dialysis can mean months without a real shower. Here is what to ask your dialysis team and how a barrier fits in.

Most leaks come from the wrong size, not a bad seal. Here is how to measure the dressing and pick the barrier that fits it.

A leg cast is two problems at once: keeping it dry and not falling. Here is how to set up the shower so you can solve both.

Plastic bags and rubber bands leak at the top. Here is what keeps an arm cast dry, and what to do if it gets wet anyway.

"Keep it dry" is the most common discharge instruction after surgery, and the hardest to follow at shower time. Here is how to do it.

Between cycles a de-accessed port needs no special care. While it is accessed, the dressing has to stay dry. Here is how to manage both.

A PICC dressing has to stay dry for the life of the line, but that does not mean giving up showers. Here is a routine that works.

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