Total quality management and needlestick prevention

“The use of winged metal needles and the incidence of needle-stick injuries are reduced. Total quality management is of great clinical value in preventing needle-stick injuries” Xin et al (2020).

Safety and tolerability of IV push piperacillin and tazobactam

“The primary objective of this study was to retrospectively assess the safety and tolerability of piperacillin/tazobactam administered peripherally by IVP. Methods” Hays and Flack (2020).

How are adolescents who donate blood effected?

“Teenagers aged 16 to 18 are at increased risk for iron deficiency, exacerbated by losses with whole blood (WB) or double red blood cell (2RBC) donations” Vassallo et al (2020).

Cannula configurations for veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation – Full Text

“Regardless of the cannula configuration, patients with ARDS managed with VV-ECMO showed comparable clinical outcomes in terms of short-term oxygenation and long-term mortality” Lim et al (2020).

Assessing and restoring patency in midline catheters

“Maintaining and restoring patency in midline catheters has been a significant issue in the hospitalized patient requiring a multitude of infusates and frequent blood specimen collection” Hawes (2020).

Reducing IV risks and improving vascular access outcomes

“A performance improvement project focused on vascular access management was undertaken, with the goal to improve SPC practice and associated outcomes” Morrell (2020).

Preprocedural ultrasound vascular assessment is essential to decision-making

“A correct preliminary ultrasound evaluation of the patient’s veins and the choice of the suitable vein are the fundamental requirements to guarantee a stable and long-lasting venous access” Brescia et al (2020).

Management of implantable port fracture in paediatric cancer patients

“Port-a-Cath or chemoport provides prolonged central venous access for cancer patients requiring prolonged chemotherapy” Elgehiny et al (2020).

Pharmacology and clinical use of plasma expanders

“Plasma expanders are colloidal solutions that expand the circulating blood volume more than isotonic crystalloids and are among the most commonly used fluids in critical care and perioperative medicine worldwide” Teixeira et al (2020).

When to utilize triple-lumen PICC in COVID-19 patients – Full Text

“After discussion between ICU physicians and the vascular surgery team, a decision was made to utilize triple-lumen peripherally inserted central catheters (PICC) as the preferred means of establishing central vein access” Jasinski et al (2020).

Systematic review of peripheral IV dwell time and complication rates

“This systematic review was conducted to explore the current state of the science regarding SPC dwell time as a predictor of SPC complications in adult inpatients” Hopkinson et al (2020).

Interview on how TournIQ is revolutionizing IV access – Full Text

“Stockholm-based Ortrud Medical has designed TournIQ, a tourniquet that helps the user apply optimal pressure on the arm to increase vein visibility, palpability, and size when gaining IV access” Medgadget (2020)

Antibiotic treatment duration in central venous catheter-related bloodstream infection

“The administration of appropriate antibiotic therapy for ≤7 days may be as safe and effective as longer courses in episodes of GNB CRBSI once the CVC has been removed” Ruiz-Ruigómez et al (2020).

Management of vascular access in hemodialysis patients during the coronavirus pandemic

“Most of the vascular access sites established were catheters, and many of the vascular access complications remained untreated” She et al (2020).

What is the impact of unit-based vascular access champions?

“Vascular access team (VAT) nurses receive many consults to place short peripheral catheters (SPCs), a portion of which do not require skilled insertion by a VAT member” Goodfriend et al (2020).

Ultrasound guidance and risk of arterial catheter infection – Full Text

“The present study investigated the association between ultrasound guidance (US) during AC insertion and major catheter-related infections (MCRI), catheter-related bloodstream infections (CR-BSI) or colonization” Buetti et al (2020).

FDA approves ivWatch to monitor IV sites for leakage – Full Text

“ivWatch, a company based in Newport News, Virginia, won FDA clearance for its SmartTouch sensor that detects peripheral IV infiltration and extravasation events” Medgadget (2020).

Infectious complications of CVC in children on long term hemodialysis

“This study was done to assess the etiology and infectious complications of CVC in children on long term hemodialysis” Jayaweera and Sivakumar (2020).

Molecular tracking of central venous catheter pathogens aids epidemiological characterization

“Molecular methods are not yet substitutive of microbiological in the detection of the pathogens responsible for the infection, but they can help in the epidemiological characterization” Lara et al (2020).

Principles of ultrasound-guided internal jugular and femoral catheter placement

“The purpose of this article is to review the basic principles of real-time ultrasound-guided internal jugular and femoral catheter placement” Millington et al (2020).

Shallow-angle needle guide for ultrasound-guided internal jugular venous catheterization – Full Text

“We developed a novel needle guide with a shallow angle of approach for ultrasound-guided venous catheterization and examined whether this needle guide reduces the incidence of posterior wall injuries compared to a conventional needle guide and free-hand placement in a simulated vein” Watanabe et al (2020).

Tunnelled haemodialysis catheter insertion into the persistent left superior vena cava

“We present the case of a patient with persistent left superior vena cava, which was diagnosed after the attempted insertion of tunnelled haemodialysis catheter through the left internal jugular vein” Liberek et al (2020).

Erroneous insertion of femoral venous catheter into a broad ligament varicose vein

“This indicates that femoral catheterization in pregnant and peripartum women should be cautiously done and that development of acute abdominal issues” Shemies et al (2020).

Double-chamber syringe for intravenous therapeutics and flushing – Full Text

“We envisioned an innovative double-chamber syringe that enables the filling and administration of both solutions” Parreira et al (2020).

Frequency of drug errors when administering intravenous medicine

“To compare the frequency of medication errors when administering an intravenous medicine using the current National Health Service Injectable Medicines Guide (IMG) versus an IMG version revised with user-testing” Jones et al (2020).

Venipuncture quality improvement project – Full text

“Poor compliance to the current guidelines and lack of knowledge among nurses about proper blood sampling is set as the study hypothesis” Banković Radovanović (2020).

Simulation-based mastery of ultrasound-guided pediatric vascular access skills

“The objective of this study was to evaluate the performance of pediatric anesthesiologists who participated in a novel ultrasound-guided intravenous catheter insertion simulation-based mastery learning curriculum” Ballard et al (2020).

How to remove stuck tunneled cuffed catheters in patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis

“Comparing to the former two, endoluminal percutaneous transluminal angioplasty is a safe, efficient, and practical way for stuck catheters and should be recommended as the first choice” Yongchun et al (2020).

Safety and tolerability of intravenous push piperacillin-tazobactam

“The primary objective of this study was to retrospectively assess the safety and tolerability of piperacillin/tazobactam administered peripherally by IVP” Hays et al (2020).

Competency for ultrasound-guided peripheral intravenous catheter insertion for nurses

“To evaluate if nurses can reliably perform ultrasound-guided peripheral intravenous catheter placement in children with a high success rate after an initial training period” Black et al (2020).