Impact of a PICC care nursing educational program
“Results of the study indicated that training courses should be held every 6 months, including permanent or periodic feedback” Emamgholi et al (2020).
Central venous access care algorithm to improve safety for children
“A multidisciplinary team developed a care algorithm to standardize preoperative screening before pediatric CVAD placement” Wagner et al (2020).
Misplacement of a central venous catheter into azygos vein via the right internal jugular vein
“A case of inadvertent catheterization into azygos vein is described” Wang et al (2020).
Vancomycin heteroresistance is common in CoNS isolates from CLABSI patients
“These data indicate that vancomycin heteroresistance is common in CoNS isolates from CLABSIs in pediatric patients with leukemia” Dao et al (2020).
Flush-lock interval for totally implantable venous access ports
“Based on previous studies, extending the flush interval to 8 weeks might not increase the incidence of total complications and catheter occlusions” Wu et al (2020).
How to develop vascular access device care and management systems
“A comprehensive organizational approach to vascular access device (VAD) care and management is imperative to ensure safe and efficacious patient care” Meyer et al (2020).
BD provides update on previously disclosed recall of BD Alaris system hardware
“BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX), a leading global medical technology company, today provided an update on a previously announced voluntary recall of the BD Alaris™ System” FDA (2020).
Discovery of hemocompatible bacterial biofilm-resistant copolymers
“Poly(isobornyl acrylate-co-triethylene glycol methacrylate) (75:25) is identified as the optimal material across all these measures reducing P. aeruginosa biofilm formation by up to 86% in vivo” Singh et al (2020).
Placement of tunneled hemodialysis catheter without fluoroscopy
“We retrospectively reviewed our local experience with ultrasound-guided tunneled dialysis catheter (TDC) insertions but without access to fluoroscopic guidance” Pethő et al (2020).
Alternate exit site central venous catheter in a 2-year-old requiring long-term antibiotics
“The following case report describes a central venous access catheter placed in the internal jugular vein and tunneled to the medial dorsal thoracic region successfully at the bedside” Ostroff et al (2020).
Impact of training on CLABSI rates – Full Text
“The quality improvement (QI) initiative achieved a 48% reduction in the CLABSI rate from the baseline rate of 8.7 to 4.5 per 1000 catheter days” Mohapatra et al (2020).
CLABSI prevention with central catheter surface modification
“he effectiveness of few commercial hemodialysis catheters that were coated with antibacterial agents has been tested in clinical trials against catheter-related infections of pathogenic bacteria” Balikci et al (2020).
Urokinase to restore patency of occluded central venous catheters
“In this study, treatment of dysfunctional central venous catheter using standardised urokinase doses was safe and effective in restoring patency” Kumwenda et al (2020).
Effect of DSRIP incentive payments on CLABSI rates
“We assessed the program’s impact on reductions in sepsis mortality, central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs)” Keller et al (2020).
Incidence and reason for infusion alarms in pediatrics
“Alarms from infusion pumps were frequent in the NICU/PICU setting, a quarter of them resulting from line occlusion” Fonzo-Christe et al (2020).
Review of hemolytic transfusion reaction – Full Text
“Hemolytic transfusion reactions, in general, occur most often after transfusion of packed red blood cells but they can also occur after transfusion of other blood products” Harewood et al (2020).
Review of hemodialysis vascular access thrombosis data
“The simulation studies and vascular access thrombosis data analysis are conducted to illustrate the proposed method” Chen et al (2020).
Echocardiography to confirm correct central catheter tip placement
“We report a case in which a right internal jugular CVC was inserted under ultrasound guidance and was found to be malpositioned after sternotomy into an anomalous posterior thymic vein” Gharde et al (2020).
Determining the incidence of needle-related complications in hemodialysis access
“We set out to compare the rates of hemodialysis access complications under prior and current diagnosis coding systems” Gage and Reichert (2020).
Review of intravenous infiltration management program
“The aim of this study was to determine the effect of the Intravenous Infiltration Management Program on the success of PIVC insertion and infiltration in infants” Taşdelen and Çağlar (2020).
Relapse in gram-negative bacteria catheter-related bloodstream infection – Full Text
“For the management of patients with uncomplicated GNB CRBSI, empiric broad-spectrum antibiotic therapy with adequate coverage of P. aeruginosa should be chosen” Surapat et al (2020).
Developing new materials for intravascular catheters
‘The aim of this review is to identify the issues that presently impact catheter performance and provide a critical evaluation of the design considerations that are emerging in the pursuit of these new catheter systems” Casimero et al (2020).
Peripheral intravenous catheter complications in hospitalized cats
“The primary objective of this study was to determine the main reason for catheter removal in cats hospitalized in the Intensive Care Unit” Bush et al (2020).
Thin-walled introducer needle vs catheter-over-needle technique for central venous catheterisation
“This review sets out to compare rates of success, complications and procedure time for the TWN vs CON techniques for patients requiring central venous access” Fairley (2020).
Interoperability of smart infusion pumps and electronic medical records
“Interoperability between the smart pump and EMR systems proved beneficial in the administration and monitoring of continuous infusions” Joseph et al (2020).
Safety of peripheral intravenous parenteral nutrition in preterm infants – Full Text
“P-PN improves the rate of weight gain to discharge home in preterm infants born 30 to 33 weeks gestation compared with peripheral intravenous 10% glucose” Suganuma et al (2020).
Effects of the MAGIC guidelines on PICC placement volume
“The findings of this study suggest that evidence-based guidelines impact clinical practice on a national level” Lindquester et al (2020).
Review of micropuncture kits for difficult vascular access
“A major risk factor when several attempts are made at obtaining vascular access is the multiple posterior wall punctures with a large bore needle” Montrief et al (2020).
Multiple drug-resistant CLABSI from an extremely rare bacterium – Full Text
“We present the first reported case, to the best of our knowledge, of sepsis from central line-associated blood stream infection from Chryseobacterium gleum in the United States” Anson et al (2020).
CLABSI prevention when using alcohol containing caps
“These findings suggest that alcohol-containing caps on ports are effective in preventing CLABSI” Taşdelen Öğülmen and Ateş (2020).