Central venous access device locking practices
“Due to the high acuity of critical care patients, it is uncertain whether their central lines remain locked for a duration long enough for alternative locking solutions to provide any effect” Ornowska et al (2022).
Peripheral intravenous access in DIVA patients
“ICPs can perform USGPIVA with moderate success. The A-DIVA score could be useful for paramedics to predict difficult cannulation” Burton et al (2022).
Safety and efficacy of midline catheters – Full Text
“Midline catheters appear to be superior for patients with difficult vascular access or receiving prolonged intravenous therapy; a large, multi-centre trial to confirm findings is feasible” Marsh et al (2022).
Disinfection of needleless connectors
“This study aimed to gain further knowledge about the comparative effectiveness of chemical disinfectants in reducing the bacterial load of NCs inoculated with S. aureus” Rocha et al (2022).
Safety engineered devices for paediatric cannulation
“This article describes a report of the attitudes towards and barriers to the use of safety cannulas in paediatric patients” Martinez (2022).
Transilluminator device for peripheral IV catheter placement
“The transilluminator device (TD) is proposed as the effective method for PVCP” Firooz et al (2022).
Peripheral IV-related traumatic neuroma of the ulnar nerve
“Here, the ulnar nerve on the dorsal was injured during peripheral intravenous catheter insertion, and a painful traumatic neuroma was discovered a week later” Chen et al (2022).
Peripheral venipuncture and CVC sampling discrepancy – Full Text
“Unexpectedly, the samples collected from the two different sources showed contrasting results, with the presence of unusual macrophage-like cells in the samples obtained from CVC” Carini et al (2022).
New peripheral IV catheter design
“We aimed to design a new PIVC that reduces the early failure rate of in-dwelling PIVCs and we conducted preliminary tests to assess its efficacy and safety in a porcine model of intravenous access” Doyle et al (2022).
Ultrasound-guided hemodialysis AV fistula access
“Our study showed that US-guided cannulation increased renal nurses’ confidence level in difficult cannulation and improved success rate” Chen et al (2022).
Impact of outpatient diuretic infusion therapy – Full Text
“The results show a 30-day hospital readmission rate at 6-9% in the years analyzed (n=56) with a net savings of $562,815 to $736,560 per year” Nair et al (2022).
Blood culture results – is it bacteremia or contamination – Full Text
“Distinguishing between MDR-positive BCs representing clinically significant bacteremia or simple contamination requires a careful clinical, biological, and microbiological confrontation of each MDR positive BC in order to avoid unnecessary overuse of broad-spectrum antibiotics and thus reduce resistance selective pressure” Nachate et al (2022).
Hemodialysis management costs in Italy – Full Text
“The use of plastic cannulae in hemodialysis patients shows improved outcomes compared to traditional metal needles” Tito et al (2022).
AI and smart venipuncture – Full Text
“The difficulties faced in locating veins for intravenous procedures can be diminished using computer vision for vein imaging. To facilitate this, a high-resolution dataset consisting of arm images was curated and has been presented in this study” Kuthiala et al (2022).
Standardisation of equine blood cultures – Full Text
“To standardise and optimise blood culture techniques in horses and foals, future research in this area should be aimed at determining the optimal volume of blood that should be collected for culture, and the ideal site, timing, and frequency of sample collection” Giancola and Hart (2022).
Blood sampling using the push-pull method from a CVC
“The push-pull method of collecting blood specimens from a CVC should be acceptable for coagulation and hematologic laboratory tests” Wang et al (2022).
Safety program for CLABSI prevention
“A Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) is a quality improvement (QI) measure implemented by health care institutions to reduce the incidence of CLABSI” Eturajulu et al (2022).
Placement and management of central venous catheters – Full Text
“This scoping review aims to check the existing international literature related to the placement and management of central venous catheters (CVCs) in adults” Mastrandrea et al (2022).
Optimum time for IV cannulation after induction with Sevoflurane
“In conclusion, we suggest that the appropriate time for cannulation is 85 seconds (1.45 minutes) after the loss of eyelash reflex in children sedated with dexmedetomidine and induction with sevoflurane and nitrous oxide-oxygen mixture” Yarimoglu et al (2022).
Intraprocedural CVC tip location in children
“The combined use of US and IC-ECG (both maneuvers being accurate, inexpensive, cost-effective, non-invasive, and equally fast to perform) should be recommended for tip location in pediatric patients, and it will avoid completely the use of fluoroscopy or of post-procedural x-ray” Pittiruti et al (2022).
Why IV In-Line Filters are Vital – A Case Report of a 13-Year-Old Girl – Pall blog series – Episode 6
“…published a case report emphasizing the importance of proper infusion management, including the presence of an Intravenous (IV) in-line filter in the infusion set-up” PALL 2022.
Stakeholder perspectives about PICC in people who inject drugs – Full Text
“We conducted semi-structured interviews and focus groups to understand the perspectives and opinions of patients and clinicians on the use of PICCs for PWID” Morales et al (2022).
Reducing blood culture contamination in the ED – Full Text
“To determine whether blood culture contamination (BCC) rates could be decreased in the ED by an educational programme” McNab et al (2022).
Simulation-based training for ultrasound-guided CVC placement in pediatric patients – Full Text
“To standardize training and decrease complications, we developed a simulation-based ultrasound-guided CVC placement training program for pediatric critical care providers” Good et al (2022).
PICC placement in a child with abnormal central venous anatomy – Full Text
“Performing peripherally inserted central catheters for children with bilateral bidirectional Glenn shunt, Fontan circulation, and persistent left superior vena cava differs from those with normal central venous anatomy” Tran et al (2022).
Blood culture contamination rate as a quality indicator – Full Text
“Contamination occurred mainly due to improper disinfection of the skin and environmental contamination” Gunvanti et al (2022).
Subcutaneous hydration in very old patients – Full Text
“This first explorative study of absorption of SC infused fluid in the very old found an acceptable amount of fluid absorbed from the SC space into the circulation one hour after infusion had ended” Danielsen et al (2022).
Mechanical PICC complications in children – Full Text
“We have identified several risk factors for mechanical complications in patients with PICCs that will help improve best practices for PICC insertion and care” Greencorn et al (2022).
HAI in New Zealand public hospitals – Full Text
“The high prevalence of device use underscores the need to ensure proven multimodal prevention interventions are in place” Grae et al (2022).
Compounding chemotherapeutic drugs – Full Text
“Substantial inconsistencies between workflow stations were observed-highlighting the lack of standardization across chemotherapeutics, volume of medication waste during preparation, and the need to establish improved quality controls to safeguard patient and health care provider safety” Lombardo et al (2022).