Central line maintenance bundle compliance
“The specific aim of this study was to explore and understand intensive care nurses’ perceptions and beliefs regarding central line maintenance, bundle care elements, and associated adherence” Connor et al (2023).
Ultrasound guided peripheral catheterization increases first-attempt success rate
“To compare the success rate of first attempts of ultrasound guided PIVC insertion performed by nurse specialists with conventional PIVC insertion performed by nurse assistants” Hansel et al (2023).
Pinch-off syndrome intervention – Full Text
“Knowledge of pinch-off syndrome among physicians is essential for early intervention, thereby preventing adverse events. Percutaneous approach seems an effective, safe, and simple procedure” Matta et al (2023).
Blood sampling from midline catheters
“In stabilized critical patients, midline catheters represent a reliable alternative to CVC and arterial lines to monitor acid-base disturbances, CO2 levels and electrolytes” Giani et al (2023).
Peripheral parenteral nutrition systematic review
“Peripheral parenteral nutrition (PPN) refers to the delivery of artificial nutrition via a peripheral intravenous cannula. As a nutritional intervention it remains under-utilised in peri-operative care” Khan et al (2023).
Blood culture pre-analytical quality – Full Text
“Our results indicate critical pre-analytical quality markers linked to BC collection procedures to reach recommended collection volumes” Romann et al (2023).
Medical device-related pressure injuries – Full Text
“The stages of pressure injury stages were more for vascular access devices than for respiratory devices” Jung et al (2023).
CVC perforates superior vena cava – Full Text
“In this study, we report a case of an elderly female patient with AKI who underwent RIJV puncture for long-term HDC because her renal function had not recovered in the short term, and the lower end of the catheter penetrated the superior vena cava (SVC) into the mediastinum due to operator’s carelessness” Li et al (2023).
Systematic review of peripheral IV catheter studies – Full Text
“The aim of this study was to critically evaluate implementation frameworks, strategies and/or outcomes used to optimise peripheral intravenous catheter (PIVC) care and/or promote guideline adherence” Xu et al (2023).
Central venous access devices in children with hemophilia – Full Text
“To report the perioperative management experience of central venous access devices (CVAD) in Chinese children with severe hemophilia A (SHA) in China” Xu et al (2023).
Ultrasound-guided phlebotomy for people who inject drugs – Full Text
“Offering ultrasound-guided phlebotomy for PWID with difficult venous access resulted in decreased access attempts, increased patient satisfaction, and expedited screening and treatment for HIV and HCV point-of-care ultrasound technology is an effective approach to improving care for persons who inject drugs” Huyck et al (2023).
Living with upper arm infusion ports – Full Text
“The infusion port in the upper arm is beneficial to the safety and quality of life of patients with cancer. At the same time, there are challenges in physical, psychological and social adaptation” Wang et al (2023).
CLABSI risk factors – Systematic review – Full Text
“We aimed to perform a systematic review and meta-analysis to synthesize and establish the risk factors predisposing to CLABSI reported in the literature” Lafuente Cabrero et al (2023).
PICC complications in very low-birth-weight infants – Full Text
“We retrospectively evaluated non-elective removals of the first thin (1-2F) umbilical vein catheters (tUVCs (n = 92)) and peripherally inserted central venous catheters (PICCs (n = 103)) among 195 VLBW infants” Salonen et al (2023).
Central line home care proficiency – Full Text
“An approach centered on caregivers as main stakeholders can identify drivers to co-design an intervention for improved home CL care delivery. A standardized process to train and evaluate caregivers with multiple hands-on opportunities might be beneficial” Wong et al (2023).
Nudge improves single-lumen PICC use
“We successfully increased single-lumen PICC utilization across all 11 safety net hospitals. This expands on previous work on improving single-lumen PICC use and use of default nudges in large, resource-limited settings” Alaiev et al (2023).
Blood culture procedures in neonatal intensive care units
“Most NICUs did not have a procedural competency (54%), did not document the sample volume (75%), did not receive a culture contamination report (57%), and/or did not require reporting to the provider if <1 mL blood was obtained (64%)" Lefrak et al (2023).
IV lock comparison study – CATERPILLAR-study protocol – Full Text
“The efficacy of taurolidine containing lock solutions for the prevention of central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) in paediatric oncology patients is still unknown” van den Bosch et al (2023).
Powered intraosseous device clinician review
“These findings highlight the value of clinician/user input and demonstrate EMS providers are more satisfied with a powered IO system featuring design elements intended to enhance safety and ease-of-use” Jones et al (2023).
Adverse effects related with peripheral IV catheter norepinephrine administration
“The main adverse effect was extravasation, no additional complications occurred, phentolamine and terbutaline seem to be useful, and its availability is a necessity. It is essential for the nursing staff to carry out a close assessment and comprehensive care in patients receiving norepinephrine by peripheral route” García-Uribe etr al (2023).
Link between CLABSI rates and how often central line accessed
“The number of daily CL accesses is independently associated with risk of CLABSI in the next 3 days” Ward et al (2023).
Intraosseous access malposition in younger children
“This study uses a radiographic approach to determine the appropriate IO needle length and access site to minimize the risk of malposition in children younger than 2 years” Chung et al (2023).
Biofilm-associated candidal PICC infection – Full Text
“Blood culture detected Candida albicans and plain computed tomography (CT) revealed gas production surrounding the catheter in the brachiocephalic vein (Fig. 1a), leading to a diagnosis of central line-associated candidemia” Fukushima et al (2023).
Central venous access trends in children
“To evaluate central venous access placement trends for radiology and non-radiology services over the last decade” Gaballah et al (2023).
Contaminated administration sets in suspected CLABSI
“Although only a minority of CLABSI-suspect patients had positive blood cultures, the contamination rate of central venous catheters and administration set was high, possibly indicating a relevant under-reporting” Menger et al (2023).
Blood culture contamination quality improvement – Full Text
“Blood culture contamination rate continued to decrease with the use of a predisinfection process with 2% Chlorhexidine gluconate cloth before blood sample collection process. Practice improvement also was evident with effective feedback mechanism” Marcelino and Shepard (2023).
CLABSI follow-up study of 9924 catheters – Full Text
“Catheter tips were less likely to be colonised when the subclavian route was used compared to the internal jugular route and male sex as well as increased number of catheter lumens were associated with both catheter tip colonisation and CRI” Rockholt et al (2023).
EDTA blood sample fill volume – Full Text
“In this study, we compared HbA1c concentrations of underfilled and appropriately filled blood collection tubes” Guven et al (2023).
Catheter-related thrombosis in long-term parenteral nutrition – Full Text
“The occurrence of CRT represents a major event in the natural history of patients in PN since it can lead to central venous access loss and PN failure” Zaccone et al (2023).
Donning sterile surgical glove technique audit – Full Text
“Pre-intervention and post-intervention observations showed apparent differences in compliance rates for the standard criteria of donning sterile surgical gloves” Rabbani et al (2022).