I-Central Venous Catheter (CVC), owaziwa nangokuthi umugqa omaphakathi, idivayisi yezokwelapha efakwe emithanjeni enkulu emaphakathi (njenge-jugular, subclavian, noma i-femoral vein) ukuze inikeze ukufinyelela okuqondile emgudwini wegazi. Isetshenziselwa izinjongo ezihlukahlukene zezokwelapha, kuhlanganise nokuphatha imithi, uketshezi, imikhiqizo yegazi, noma umsoco owenziwe ngabazali, kanye nokuqapha umfutho we-venous central (CVP). Ama-CVC abalulekile ekunakekelweni okubucayi, ukuhlinzwa, kanye nezilungiselelo zokwelapha zesikhathi eside.