Will sterile glove exchange increase contamination risk
“Closed glove exchange did not increase bacterial hand contamination over baseline levels” Biehl et al (2023).
Femoral tunneled dialysis catheter malposition
“This case highlights the relevance of central venous catheter placement in the setting of a PFO” Blackburn et al (2023).
OPAT for people who inject drugs in the United States – Full Text
“Outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) has been shown to be feasible for people who inject drugs (PWID) in some settings” Solomon et al (2023).
IV or IO access during out-of-hospital cardiac arrest – Full Text
“The IVIO trial is an investigator-initiated, randomised trial of intravenous vs. intraosseous vascular access during adult non-traumatic out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in Denmark” Meilandt et al (2023).
IV procedure awareness for children – Full Text
“This review aimed to summarize content related to needle procedures represented in picture books for 5- to 8-year-old children” Nauman et al (2023).
Hand hygiene compliance review – Full Text
“More emphasis should be placed on the how to properly perform hand hygiene and why it is so important, as well as the role of gloves, is needed” Armstrong-Novak et al (2023).
OPAT for diabetic foot osteomyelitis – Full Text
“Diabetic foot osteomyelitis (DFO) is usually treated with prolonged outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy (OPAT)” Schechter et al (2023).
Daptomycin IV lock therapy – Full Text
“The use of daptomycin lock therapy could be considered in children with CoNS catheter infection, especially when other antibiotic lock therapy had failed” Permuy et al (2023).
Reducing central line device utilization – Full Text
“Through a defined process, the central line utilization rate in our ICU was decreased to 37.5% to meet the target goal and has been sustained” Hassan et al (2023).
Buzzy device for reducing venipuncture pain – Full Text
“The Buzzy device effectively reduces pain caused by percutaneous antecubital venipuncture in children in different age groups” Simoncini et al (2023).
Chemo port regarded as safe and effective – Full Text
“Port is regarded as safe and effective vascular access for the administration of chemotherapy” Lin et al (2023).
Baxter recalls infusion pumps due to false upstream occlusion alarms – Full Text
“False upstream occlusion alarms cause interrupted or delayed therapy and contribute to clinician fatigue, which may cause serious adverse health consequences, especially for people receiving life-sustaining medications” FDA (2023).
Flebitis zero project identifies infusion phlebitis rate
“The incidence density of phlebitis, during the period from 2017 to 2021, was 1.82 cases of phlebitis per 100 venous catheter-days” Cernuda Martínez et al (2023).
Implantable ports in children with cancer
“This study shows that PORTs associate with a reduced risk of infectious and mechanical complications, and a lower overall risk of removal, compared with tunnelled external CVCs in children with cancer” Neville et al (2023).
Massive extravasation injury treatment – Full Text
“Meek micrografting combined with dermal substitute coverage represents an innovative approach to managing extravasation wounds in pediatric patients” Maruccia et al (2023).
Lipid emulsions in parenteral nutrition
“A short introduction to clinical nutrition with a focus on lipid emulsions is presented in this chapter” Brito-de la Fuente et al (2023).
Combat vascular access review
“This review summarizes the available combat literature to help commanders make an evidence-based decision about their prehospital vascular access strategy” Smith et al (2023).
Evaluation of extended-length peripheral IV cannula
“This article reports on the results of introducing extended-length PIVCs, inserted using ultrasound guidance in patients with DIVA by a vascular access team” Smith and Irimia (2023).
Preparing medications management and managing vascular access devices
“The programme improved safe practice around preparing medications management and managing vascular access devices” Giri et al (2023).
CLABSI risk factors systematic review – Full Text
“This systematic review included studies published within the past 13 years that examined risk factors and clinical impact variables associated with CLABSI” Alshahrani et al (2023).
What are nurses perceptions of IV fluids
“Nurses regularly administer IV fluids as part of maintenance infusions or as life-saving therapies and, therefore, need to understand these fluids’ impact on their patients” Crowe (2023).
Ultrasound-guided PIVC insertion research protocol
“The current study will inform the superiority of ultrasound-guided PIVC insertion in comparison with landmark technique” Kleidon et al (2023).
PICC tip position in newborn infants – Full Text
“To investigate the roles of (1) the injection of a radiopaque agent to identify PICC tip position and (2) the performance of weekly radiography to monitor PICC migration” Stekhova et al (2023).
Peripheral IV catheter depth and thrombophlebitis – Full Text
“In our treatment center, while appropriate fixation was ensured, the catheter indwelling depth shall be as short as possible, so as to reduce the occurrence of thrombophlebitis” He et al (2023).
Skin antisepsis with chlorhexidine – Full Text
“This provides reassurance and confidence in the worldwide guidance that CHX should remain the first-choice agent for surgical skin antisepsis” Aftab et al (2023).
Infusion services strategy and stakeholder representation – Full Text
“An organizational strategy around infusion services must include broad stakeholder representation to address the clinical, operational, and financial challenges to provide timely care to patients” Jusufi and Boivin (2023).
HCV treatment during OPAT – Full Text
“We found that a low proportion of patients with active hepatitis C virus (HCV) were prescribed HCV treatment by their OPAT provider and few achieved sustained virologic response” Gupta et al (2023).
Intracavitary ECG for PICC placement in infants
“The technique of intracavitary electrogram can be more accurate for infants to place the tip of central venous catheter through peripheral vein, which can effectively improve the success rate of one puncture with low cost, and has high reliability, accuracy and practicability, which is safe and effective” Gao et al (2023).
Antineoplastic drug exposure in compounding units
“The objective was to assess perception, knowledge, practices and training regarding the risk of exposure of healthcare workers in three French compounding units” Delafoy et al (2023).
Ultrasound-guided subclavian vein catheterization – Full Text
“The improved ultrasound-guided subclavian vein catheterization technique can greatly reduce the catheterization time and improve the success rate of puncture and catheterization” Zhang et al (2023).