Effectiveness of different antibiotic lock solutions – Full Text
“Antibiotic lock therapy (ALT) delivers high-concentration antimicrobials into catheter lumens and has been proposed to prevent infections in hemodialysis (HD) patients” Sarmadi et al (2025).
Central venous access device complications in children with leukemia – Full Text
“Device failure and CLABSI are the CVAD-associated complications with the highest incidence rates. Comparing CVAD subtypes, TCVADs may have a higher complication risk than TIVADs” Sakthivel et al (2025).
Intracavitary ECG technology comparison – Full Text
“This study evaluates the quality of I-EKG tracings using two methods: the saline column method with the alligator clip and spindle system (Deltamed, Viadana, Italy) and the pure saline column method using the “red” connector cable (Vygon Card® Vygon, Ecouen, France) and the “yellow” connector cable (Fast Tip® ATL Milano, Assago, Italy)” Cirigliano et al (2025).
Blood donor safety surveillance – Full Text
“The reported incidence rate of ADRs related to blood donation was very low. The higher prevalence of VVR and syncope in young, females, first-time donors, college students, and donating in mobile vehicles” Yang et al (2025).
Next-generation sequencing for bloodstream infections – Full Text
“Next-generation sequencing enables culture-independent pathogen detection, antimicrobial resistance profiling, and genome-informed epidemiology” Elbehiry et al (2025).
Evidence-based peripheral intravenous catheter care
“A quality improvement project to standardize peripheral intravenous catheter insertion, maintenance, and documentation was implemented with the goal of aligning with professional standards for peripheral intravenous catheter removal as clinically indicated” Coleman et al (2025).
Skin injuries resulting from calcium gluconate extravasation
“Extravasation of calcium gluconate solution is a rare yet serious complication in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs), capable of causing significant skin necrosis, ulceration and long-term functional impairment” Li et al (2025).
Infusion therapy patient outcomes in alternative sites of care – Full Text
“Infusion therapy, used to administer medications for multiple chronic diseases, can be performed in hospital outpatient departments (HOPDs), patients’ homes, ambulatory infusion centers, and physicians’ offices” Cullen et al (2025).
Interdisciplinary collaboration to prevent central line-associated bloodstream infections
“In addition to evidence-based bundle compliance elements and leadership visibility of device de-escalation opportunities, hospitals should optimize methods to encourage collaborative discussions between nurses and physicians to impact central venous catheter utilization, reducing the risk of central line associated bloodstream infections” Baklouti et al (2025).
Mortality outcomes associated with vascular access types in hemodialysis
“Compared with CVCs and AVGs, AVF remains the lowest mortality risk. Early planning and education regarding vascular access are essential to improve long-term outcomes in hemodialysis patients” Miao et al (2025).
Teaching the nursing care of central venous catheters
“We hope that ongoing training with this simulation model, along with demonstration of competency, will result in standardized central line care and a decrease in CLABSI rates at our institution” Smith et al (2025).
Vascular access improvement following COVID-19
“This scoping review aimed to explore how the COVID-19 pandemic affected vascular access practices and catheter-related complications, with the objective of mapping innovations, identifying emerging trends, and summarizing preventive and therapeutic strategies” Celano et al (2025).
Transition to oral antibiotics during OPAT – Full Text
“Extensive literature has established equivalent efficacy of early intravenous (IV) to oral antibiotic transition. However, there is variability in adoption across practice settings” Juskowich et al (2025).
Infection related mortality in non-ICU patients with CVAD or midlines
“Mortality in non-ICU patients with CVAD or midlines is significantly influenced by age, comorbidity burden, and COVID-19 related pneumonia. For CRBSI/CABSI, timely catheter removal and appropriate antibiotics are crucial for improving survival” Fattore et al (2025).
Point of care testing in the neonatal intensive care unit
“Point-of-care (POC) testing offers expedited results with lower blood volume requirements than central laboratory (CL) tests, particularly for low-birth-weight infants” Parikh et al (2025).
Review of peripheral intravenous access in the postpartum period
“A high percentage of peripheral intravenous catheters remain unused during the postpartum period. Furthermore, women reported that these catheters were a hindrance to maternal and neonatal care, as well as breastfeeding” Monasor-Ortolá et al (2025).
Intraosseous access driver comparison
“In the largest ran-domized controlled trial to date, we found that the EZ-IO had a faster insertion time compared to the SAM IO, but the time difference was unlikely to be clinically meaningful” Stiglitz et al (2025).
Telehealth opportunities for OPAT patients – Full Text
“Infectious diseases telehealth (IDt) management of outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) across 18 small community hospitals was associated with similar rates of OPAT failure” Veillette et al (2025).
Emergency department management of dehydration in pediatric patients
“Pediatric dehydration is a top concern that leads parents to bring their children into the emergency department for evaluation. Rehydration therapy should be tailored to the severity of illness, available resources, and the child’s clinical status” Amato (2025).
Venous air embolism in a horse after jugular venous catheterization
“A diagnosis of venous air embolism resulting from right jugular venocatheterization was made. This is the first reported case of venous air embolism secondary to jugular venocatheterization diagnosed by means of transthoracic echocardiography in a horse” Ramos et al (2025).
Right subclavian vein catheterisation – Full Text
“In adult cardiac surgical patients, the SC approach achieves faster landmark-guided right subclavian venous access than the approach, without detectable compromises in success or safety” Shanmuka et al (2025).
Impact of stewardship practices on blood culture collection – Full Text
“Formulating safe and effective diagnostic stewardship guidance for blood cultures in immunocompromised patients is challenging due to limited data and high risk of infectious complications. A 2024 global shortage in blood culture bottles (BD Diagnostics) necessitated the implementation of blood culture stewardship, including at our tertiary care cancer center” She et al (2025).
Prevention of deep vein thrombosis in cancer patients following PICC placement
“In a single-center practice, performing the multivariate integration teaching model for medical staff may effectively improve the patients’ QLI and satisfaction and may have certain application value in preventing DVT in patients with gastric cancer and PICC” Zhao et al (2025).
Patient platelet transfusion management in hematology – Full Text
“Implementing patient blood management strategies focused on platelets led to a more rational and standardized use of platelet transfusions and decreased transfusion burden” Solves et al (2025).
How to encourage IV to oral antibiotic switch – Full Text
“After implementing GN-BSI-focused AS initiatives in our large health system, we observed a shift toward more frequent oral rather than IV antibiotics at discharge, and shorter overall antibiotic durations, without obvious changes in adverse outcomes” Olson et al (2025).
Complications associated with peripheral IV catheterization for outpatient antineoplastic therapy – Full Text
“This study mapped peripheral intravenous catheterization practices for outpatient antineoplastic therapy into nine categories. The most common complications included phlebitis, edema, pain, burning sensation, extravasation, and bloodstream infection” Paula et al (2025).
Predicting the PICC catheter length – Full Text
“A new formula using pre-procedural chest X ray (pre-CXR) was validated for placing the PICC catheter tip precisely in the actual clinical setting” Kimoto et al (2025).
Outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy with rezafungin – Full Text
“Rezafungin may be a novel, well-tolerated and cost-effective echinocandin treatment for CPA in patients needing OPAT and with limited treatment options” Law et al (2025).
PICC-related bloodstream infections in breast cancer patients – Full Text
“Peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC)-related bloodstream infections (BSIs) are serious complications in breast cancer patients. Reliable early risk assessment remains limited” Lei et al (2025).
Central venous catheter-related Candida infection – Full Text
“Catheter-related Candida infections in non-critical care settings are associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Fungal biomarkers may hold clinically relevant prognostic value, necessitating further investigations” Zaghdoudi et al (2025).