IV Summit 23 from IVTEAM Registration Open – View Agenda
“IV Summit 23 from IVTEAM will be chaired by Peter Carr, Associate Professor
SONM at University of Galway. Peter will ensure we have a great day and will introduce speakers who will be discussing topics such as legal claims associated with extravasation injuries, multi professional perspectives on vascular access teams, blood culture contamination and the role of IV lock solutions (plus much more)” IVTEAM (2023).
Insertion of pediatric CVC in adults with difficult IV access
“PIPCVC placement seems to be a feasible option in patients in whom peripheral intravenous access is difficult. The safety of this technique needs to be evaluated in prospective studies” Chalela et al (2023).
POCUS workshop for peripheral intravenous cannulation – Full Text
“Globally, clinicians are increasingly using POCUS to establish vascular access in patients, and it is necessary that they receive sufficient and adequately structured and formal training to successfully apply this technique in their clinical practice” Steinwandel et al (2023).
Normal variations of the superior vena cava
“The prevalence of normal variations of the SVC and azygos venous system in the adult Thai population was similar with that of previous publications” Chooprasert et al (2023).
PICC CLABSI risk single center research study
“This study was carried out to understand PICC-related complications, specifically infections and causal pathogens, in a tertiary care hospital in Kerala, South India” Arjun et al (2023).
Relieving pain associated with IV port needle insertion
“EMLA cream is a safe and effective way to alleviate pain during non-coring needle insertion in TIAP and enhance the overall comfort of patients. We recommend applying EMLA cream 1 h before needle insertion of TIAP, especially in patients having needle phobia or high pain scores from previous non-coring needle insertion” Shi et al (2023).
Impact of lock solutions on polyurethane central venous catheters
“The impact of ethanol locks on the mechanical performances of central venous catheters was compared to that of aqueous-based locks. Several mechanical tests were performed to evaluate catheter behavior: kinking radius measurements, burst pressure, and tensile tests” Khzam et al (2023).
OPAT adverse safety events review – Full Text
“Adverse safety events and OPAT-related unscheduled care occurred often in our cohort. A structured OPAT program that includes ID pharmacist antibiotic reconciliation may reduce rates of ADEs” Billmeyer et al (2023).
Impact of long-term CVC use on silicone catheter strength
“In vivo long-term used silicone catheters showed significantly lower ultimate strength than unused ones. It is likely that in situ altering changes the mechanical properties of catheters and may potentially lead to failure” Guerreiro et al (2023).
Safety of OPAT for infective endocarditis treatment
“OPAT can be used safely in patients with IE, even in selected cases with complicated or difficult-to-treat infections” Campbell et al (2023).
Top 10 OPAT publications in 2022 – Full Text
“The top 20 OPAT articles published in 2022 were reviewed by a group of multidisciplinary OPAT clinicians. This article provides a summary of the “top 10″ OPAT publications of 2022” Childs-Kean et al (2023).
Reducing blood sample hemolysis in the emergency department – Full Text
“The burden of hemolysis in blood samples taken from IV cannulae can be effectively reduced with the use of manual aspiration using the S-Monovette® blood collection system as compared to BD-Vacutainer” Omar et al (2023).
PICC site associated necrotizing fasciitis – Full Text
“In addition to medical treatment and prompt surgical debridement, we used dialkyl carbamoyl chloride-coated dressing and povidone-iodine sugar ointment for antiseptic dressings and successfully treated neonatal necrotizing fasciitis with gas gangrene caused by peripherally inserted central catheter infection with Citrobacter koseri” Okamoto et al (2023).
Management of child procedural pain Cochrane review – Full Text
“Therefore, a comprehensive and systematic review of pain management strategies is integral to appropriate infant pain management. This is an update of a previously published review update in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (2015, Issue 12) of the same title” Pillai Riddell et al (2023).
Continuous or intermittent meropenem administration – Full Text
“Compared with intermittent administration, continuous administration of meropenem may improve clinical outcomes” Monti et al (2023).
Needleless connector microbial contamination
“The aim of this study was to determine bacterial contamination of needleless connectors before and after disinfection to assess the risk for the point of catheter-related bloodstream infections” Akbıyık et al (2023).
Subclavian artery iatrogenic injury during central venous access
“This case describes the management of a central venous catheter placed through the internal jugular vein into the subclavian artery via a supraclavicular puncture” Palesy et al (2023).
Virtual reality for procedural pain reduction in pediatrics – Full Text
“Virtual reality (VR) is a relatively new intervention that can be used to provide distraction during or to prepare patients for IV injections, however, so far no meta-analysis has been conducted to examine the evidence regarding the effectiveness of VR in reducing pain in pediatric IV injection” Jenabi et al (2023).
IV fluid therapy for critically ill adults with sepsis
“Although optimal fluid management in patients with sepsis remains uncertain, clinicians should consider the risks and benefits of fluid administration in each phase of critical illness, avoid use of hydroxyethyl starch, and facilitate fluid removal for patients recovering from acute respiratory distress syndrome” Zampieri et al (2023).
Landmark-guided CVAD insertion in low-resource settings
“Here, we report our experience with the reliability and consistency of anatomic landmark-guided technique for Central Venous Access Device (CVAD) insertion in a low-resource setting” Kaul et al (2023).
Platelet transfusion before CVC placement
“Transfusion guidelines regarding platelet-count thresholds before the placement of a central venous catheter (CVC) offer conflicting recommendations because of a lack of good-quality evidence. The routine use of ultrasound guidance has decreased CVC-related bleeding complications” van Baarle et al (2023).
Intravenous drug errors in critically ill patients
“The study reported high frequency of IV medications preparation and administration errors. Nurse education level, and experiences were influenced the total errors” Hamadalneel et al (2023).
Development of the Infection Prevention Appraisal Scale – Full Text
“The Infection Prevention Appraisal Scale demonstrates sound psychometric properties supporting a unidimensional measure of self-efficacy to medical asepsis in care situations” Lindberg and Lindberg (2023).
All cause hospital-onset bacteremia reporting metric
“If the HOB metric were to be used in lieu of CLABSI, large tertiary care health systems that house sicker patients may be unfairly financially penalized for caring for more medically complex patients” Stack et al (2023).
Probiotic-associated central venous catheter bloodstream infection
“In ICU patients with central venous catheters, the risks of probiotic-associated central venous catheter bloodstream infection and death outweigh any potential benefits of probiotic administration” Mayer et al (2023).
Disinfection of ultrasound transducers used on skin – Full Text
“This study compared the effectiveness of LLD to HLD on US transducers contaminated with microorganisms from skin” Peters et al (2023).
Risk prediction model for PICC-related venous thrombosis – Full Text
“The independent risk factors for PICC-related venous thrombosis are screened out, including catheter tip position, plasma D-dimer elevation, venous compression, history of thrombosis and history of PICC/CVC catheterization, and a nomogram prediction model with good effect is constructed to predict the risk of PICC-related venous thrombosis” Chen et al (2023).
Quality improvement initiative to reduce NICU CLABSI rates – Full Text
“Reducing CLABSI rate is necessary to improving newborn quality of care and outcome. Our bundles were successful in drastically reducing and sustaining a low CLABSI rate. It was even successful in achieving a zero CLABSI unit for 2 years” Al Bizri et al (2023).
Minimally invasive capillary blood sampling – Full Text
“We expect that microneedles will prove to be a preferred option for paediatric blood collection. The ability of microneedles to collect a capillary blood sample without pain will improve paediatric healthcare outcomes” Hoffman et al (2023).
End-of-life care preferences of the Asian elderly – Full Text
“Regardless of scenario, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) had the lowest score, indicating that older adults considered it a less desirable medical treatment. By contrast, antibiotics and intravenous infusions had the highest scores, indicating that older adults tended to prefer them” Ke et al (2023).