Cephalic vein central venous access – Full Text
“Because there was no other appropriate route, we decided to insert the cannulation through the right cephalic vein, which was measured at 0.28 cm in diameter under ultrasound” Jiang et al (2022).
Successful PICC placement in ICU
“In this study, we aimed to determine the feasibility, safety, and impact on outcomes of using dedicated vascular access specialist (VAS) teams to insert PICCs versus CICCs on patients admitted to the ICU with septic shock” Raza et al (2022).
Needlestick injuries among anesthesia providers
“PGY2 residents and fellows had the highest rate of needlestick injury. Our study highlights the trend of increasing sharps injuries after PGY1 while supervising anesthesiologists had the lowest rate” Borna et al (2022).
Implantable port flush frequency – Full Text
“Our findings show that extending maintenance port flush intervals to 12 weeks does not increase the incidence of port-related adverse events and is medically safe” Lang et al (2022).
Informal care in patients receiving home parenteral nutrition
“Caregivers of children with IF on long-term PN provide a significant amount of care to ensure their child remains healthy at home” Belza et al (2022).
IV antibiotic hypersensitivity reactions
“DHR to antibiotics, particularly to beta-lactams, are increased in CF patients, and associated with a higher number of cumulative exposures because of recurrent infections. However, severe cutaneous or systemic DHR, such as anaphylaxis, appear to be rare” Kowalik et al (2022).
Radial arterial access practice tips – Full Text
“Contemporary research and technological improvements have highlighted several concepts to enhance the approach of RAC insertion and management while reducing immediate and late complications. The authors have prioritized the following 10 “best practice” aspects that may improve overall device function and reliability” Imbriaco et al (2022).
Peripheral IV catheter-related bloodstream infection – Full Text
“Hand insertion should be considered for reducing PVC infections, especially for catheters with an expected dwell time of more than 2 days” Buetti et al (2022).
Intravenous fluid administration in sepsis patients – Full Text
“Our study has been undertaken with two specific aims: firstly, for patients with sepsis, to identify factors associated with receiving intravenous fluids while in the ED; and, secondly to identify determinants associated with the actual time to fluid administration” Kabil et al (2022).
Needlestick review – Full Text
“Needlestick injuries came to the forefront of healthcare after the discovery of the HV in the early 1980s. Since the adoption of universal precautions, the number of needlestick injuries has greatly decreased but continues to occur, but the numbers are low” King and Strony (2022).
OPAT for emergency department patients – Full Text
“While both OPAT strategies are safe and far less costly than hospital admission, our findings suggest that a dedicated OPAT clinic for patients with cellulitis is more expensive than the return to ED strategy” Yadav et al (2022).
Ultrasound-guided peripheral IV catheter education program
“Critical care nurses trained in US-guided PIV insertion can safely and effectively train other critical care nurses in US-guided PIV insertion” Bagley (2022).
How to calculate implantable port depth
“DR-assisted measurement can more accurately determine the depth of TIVAPS catheter implantation, and avoid the incidence of related complications, and provide a better method for surgeons” Chen et al (2022).
Central line care – Full Text
“Unfortunately, the presence of indwelling CVCs increases the risk of the formation of thrombi, emboli, and infection than patients with peripheral catheters by 200%” Ball and Singh (2022).
OPAT for necrotising otitis externa
“This study aims to identify factors associated with treatment response and outcome in patients with NOE treated through outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT)” Chris Durojaiye et al (2022).
Intern knowledge of intravenous cannulation
“The knowledge about intravenous cannulation among interns of teaching hospitals was poor compared to the similar study done in a similar setting” Sharma et al (2022).
Skin adhesive for implantable port skin closure
“To compare peri-operative outcomes of skin closure with octyl cyanoacrylate (OCA) skin adhesive (Dermabond) with or without subcuticular sutures after deep dermal suturing for implantable venous port placement closure” Zhao et al (2022).
Peripheral IV catheter stabilization
“This study compared IVs stabilized with current transparent film dressing to those using an engineered stabilization device” Wilson et al (2022).
OPAT in patients with infective endocarditis – Full Text
“To investigate the clinical outcome of patients with infective endocarditis (IE) during and after outpatient parenteral antimicrobial treatment (OPAT), and to further clarify the safety and efficacy of OPAT for IE patients” Wen et al (2022).
Chemotherapy infusion simulation
“To assess the impact of a high-fidelity manikin chemotherapy infusion simulation on student pharmacists’ confidence in applying clinical knowledge and perception of oncology pharmacy practice” Gamble et al (2022).
Peripheral IV catheter clinical guideline education
“This study aimed to assess the effect of clinical guideline education on the knowledge and practice of nurses for PIVC placement based on short message service (SMS)” Mousavi et al (2022).
Start-up delay in syringe pumps – Full Text
“To investigate infusion pumps start-up delay according to different brands of infusion pumps, flow rates and intravenous sets priming techniques” Vieira et al (2022).
Antimicrobial lock therapy – Full Text
“The so-called Antibiotic Lock Therapy (ALT) is an antimicrobial therapeutic strategy which seems to be promising in neonates when catheter removal is difficult due to critical conditions” Piersigilli et al (2022).
ASPEN paper – PN patient safe care transitions – Full Text
“The goal of this paper is to identify risk-prone processes in the transition of care for patients requiring parenteral nutrition (PN) between healthcare environments, including the hospital, home, skilled nursing facility, and long-term acute care hospital settings” Adams et al (2022).
Target-controlled infusion of anaesthetic drugs – Full Text
“In this narrative review, we discuss the development, characteristics and validation of several described general purpose PKPD models for anaesthetic drugs” Vandemoortele et al (2022).
Maximising infusion centre patient flow – Full Text
“Improved multiple sclerosis (MS) diagnosis and increased availability of intravenous disease-modifying treatments can lead to overburdening of infusion centres. This study was focused on developing a decision-support tool to help infusion centres plan their operations” Lacinova et al (2022).
Extravasation of non-antineoplastic drugs
“The purpose of this study was to characterise the physicochemical properties of non-antineoplastic parenterally administered drugs and determine their potential to cause a toxic effect on tissue” Giménez Poderós et al (2022).
Heparin flushing guidelines
“The purpose of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of a three times weekly heparin flushing intervention, as compared to daily heparin flushing, in children and adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with noninfusing TCVCs” Adlard et al (2022).
Analysis of intravenous smart pump usability – Full Text
“To understand the experience of critical care nurses when performing common, yet error-prone, programming tasks on two unfamiliar intravenous smart pumps” Blake et al (2022).
Central venous catheter-associated DVT
“Recent research suggests new ways to accurately identify children at high risk of CADVT, effectively prevent CADVT, and optimize CADVT treatment” Johnson and Faustino (2022).