Catheter tip – cavo-atrial junction relationship on bubble test results
“The aim of this study was to measure the variations of the push-to-bubbles time at increasing distance from the cavo-atrial junction, to verify if a cut-off of 1-2 s correspond to a well-positioned catheter” SElli et al (2023).
IV medication administration errors in ICU – Full Text
“The purpose of this study is to investigate the perception of nurses, working in adult ICUs, on the occurrence of MAEs during continuous infusion therapies” Beaudart et al (2023).
Why are blood samples rejected – Full Text
“Clinical laboratory errors have a great impact on patient safety and treatment. Although specimen rejections result in longer turnaround times and increased health-care costs, different studies present inconsistent findings” Getawa et al (2022).
Home parenteral nutrition ESPEN guideline – Full Text
“The guideline is based on previous published guidelines and provides an update of current evidence and expert opinion; it consists of 71 recommendations that address the indications for HPN, central venous access device (CVAD) and infusion pump, infusion catheter and CVAD site care, nutritional admixtures, program monitoring and management” Pironi et al (2023).
Retrieval of detached implantable port – Full Text
“The authors present a case of a successful percutaneous retrieval of a detached port-a-catheter device that had migrated to the right cardiac chambers in a patient with inoperable pancreatic cancer and hepatic metastases” Papatheodorou et al (2023).
Safety of vapocoolant spray during vascular puncture – Full Text
“The aim was to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of the vapocoolants for vascular puncture in children and adults” Wang et al (2023).
Trimmed central venous catheters do not increase endothelial injury
“Trimmed CVCs do not increase endothelial injury compared to standard untrimmed CVCs” Wang et al (2023).
Central venous catheter insertion simulation-based learning
“The authors performed a randomized controlled trial of internal medicine residents who participated in an internal jugular central venous catheter insertion SBML curriculum at a tertiary care academic medical center” Barsuk et al (2023).
CLABSI rates associated with closed system transfer devices – Full Text
“A closed system transfer device (CSTD) was introduced for hazardous drugs administration in 6 oncology wards; this new CSTD was associated with a significant increase in CLABSI rates” Fox et al (2023).
Chemotherapy infusions in outpatient examination rooms
“The novel approach of offering short infusions in outpatient clinic examination rooms provides an opportunity to ease capacity constraints and further increase patient and family satisfaction” Omdahl et al (2023).
Hemiazygos vein cvc malposition
“Malpositioning of central catheters is unpredictable but can be easily avoided by using intraprocedural methods to confirm tip position” Hajeh et al (2023).
Long peripheral IV catheter cost analysis
“When using ultrasound guidance for vascular access, LPCs are potentially a cost-effective strategy for reducing PIVC complications in DVA patients compared to SPCs” Bahl et al (2023).
Blood discard volume before central venous catheter blood draw
“To determine whether a lower discard volume for obtaining blood samples from temporary CVCs placed into the internal jugular, femoral or subclavian vein offers valid results” Castro-Olmo et al (2023).
Chemotherapy vascular access cost and quality review – Full Text
“In line with these results, it is thought that when choosing the chemotherapy application method, factors such as the treatment duration of the patients, the ease of opening the vascular access, and the patient’s psychological state should be taken into consideration” Erişen et al (2023).
OPAT fee-for-service payment
“The introduction of a financial incentive for physicians did not appear to increase OPAT use. Policymakers should consider modifying the incentive design or addressing organizational barriers to expanded OPAT use” Staples et al (2023).
CVC insertion site and associated complication rates
“The aim of this study was to review a large, single-institution experience to determine the impact of access location on peri-operative complications” Mansfield et al (2023).
Glue for securement of peripheral intravenous catheters
“The risk of developing device-related phlebitis and premature device removal, increased significantly if CG was not used for adjunct catheter securement” van Rens et al (2023).
Portacath insertion technique to reduce complication rates
“The port first technique for IVJ port device placement was associated with higher accuracy and lower thrombosis rates and this was statistically significant” Tang et al (2023).
Topics of interest in infusion nursing – Full Text
“These findings indicate that nurses have various inquiries in infusion nursing. It is necessary to re-establish the duties and roles of infusion nurses, and to develop effective infusion nursing training programs” Park et al (2023).
Blood culture order decision-making algorithm
“The indications for blood cultures are often not evidence-based, and evidence-based algorithms to guide the collection of blood cultures may offer a way to decrease inappropriate culture orders” Siev et al (2023).
Near-miss during jugular venous catheterization
“In this near-miss case presentation, an aneurysmal carotid artery was misidentified with ultrasound by a junior resident, nearly leading to placement of a sheath into the artery” Culp et al (2023).
CVC related venous thromboembolism risk
“This study aimed to identify the risk of VTE with CVC placement in hospitalized Japanese patients with IBD without thromboprophylaxis” Aoki et al (2023).
Ultrasound-guided vascular access in neonatal intensive care units
“The results of the present study suggest that BCV catheterization should be the first choice for neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) patients who require parenteral support or close venous pressure monitoring” Osman et al (2023).
Managing outpatient vancomycin dosing – Full Text
“Area under the curve (AUC)-based vancomycin dosing reduces nephrotoxicity but is burdensome” Shi et al (2023).
Catheter fragment removal persistent left superior vena cava
“We present a case of catheter fragmentation that occurred in a pediatric patient during removal of a 3-year-old left chest port that had been placed into a left superior vena cava (SVC)” Bonitto et al (2023).
Central venous catheter malposition case series
“Malposition of a catheter is found in approximately 7% of cases after central venous catheterisation. This may result in haemorrhage, venous thrombosis and functional impairment, depending on the injury to the vessel wall” Tanrikulu et al (2023).
Routine teaching of ultrasound-guided peripheral IV access recommended
“In order to successfully integrate the sonographic puncture technique for vascular access into routine processes, a structured training and further education are prerequisites” Litz et al (2023).
Central venous catheterization competence development
“To make a proposal for formative evaluation for the development of professional competences on central venous catheterization performed by residents in a university institution” Alfonso-Hernández and Pinilla-Roa (2023).
Tunneled PICC catheterization of subclavian vein – Full Text
“PICC catheterization in both upper arms was limited. Tunnel PICC catheterization through subclavian vein was used in medical and nursing cooperation” Zheng et al (2023).
Arteriovenous fistula cannulation technique
“We describe seven items that can help nurses to identify the appropriate cannulation technique: type of arteriovenous access; drainage vein; hygienic self-care profile; experience of the nursing staff in the cannulation technique and nurse-to-patient ratio; hemodialysis treatment method; patient’s condition; and patient’s decision” Sousa et al (2023).