Cefazolin elastomeric infusers administered via a peripheral IV catheter – Full Text
“Cefazolin elastomeric infusers are commonly used in outpatient settings with peripherally inserted central catheters (PICCs) or mid-line catheters to treat various infections. However, data on the safety of cefazolin elastomeric infusers administered via a peripheral IV catheter (PIVC) are limited” Chan et al (2025).
Breast cancer patients with implantable ports experience of chemotherapy – Full Text
“To analyze the occurrence of anxiety and its influencing factors in stable stage breast cancer patients after chemotherapy with Implanted Venous Access Port (IVAP)” Wen et al (2025).
PICC-related complications in neonates – Full Text
“Low birth weight (<1000 g) and non-central catheter tip location are significant predictors of PICC-related complications in neonates, while antimicrobial-impregnated catheters have a protective effect" Avsar et al (2025).
The Australian and New Zealand massive transfusion registry – Full Text
“The ANZ-MTR illustrates that complex and varied arrays of routinely collected clinical and hospital administrative data from multiple electronic information systems can be consolidated into a resource-rich clinical database” Sparrow et al (2025).
CLABSI rates associated with neonatal central line dwell-times – Full Text
“We observed a pronounced variation in CLABSI rates between different catheter types. All episodes of CLABSI were observed after a dwell time of 5 days, with increasing rates after 9 days, and the rate of CLABSI increased with longer dwell times for UVCs and CVCs” Buttera et al (2025).
Study of antibiotic consumption in Danish intensive care units – Full Text
“In this nationwide study of Danish ICUs, antibiotic consumption decreased substantially over an 11-year period-driven by reductions in broad-spectrum classes-without evidence of worsening clinical outcomes” Meier et al (2025).
Intranasal fentanyl in preterm infants undergoing PICC placement – Full Text
“The objectives of this blinded randomized controlled trial (RCT) were to assess the feasibility of conducting a definitive RCT of IN fentanyl for PICC placement in preterm infants and evaluate the acceptability and adoption of IN fentanyl for procedural pain management in the NICU” Tabbara et al (2025).
Misplacement of a femoral venous catheter into the ascending lumbar vein – Full Text
“This case report aims to highlight a rare but life-threatening complication of femoral venous catheterization and to describe a novel endovascular technique for its management” Li et al (2025).
Subcutaneous biologic drug development – Full Text
“In conclusion, making minimal drug formulation concentration changes to an IV biologic formulation may reduce the risk, time commitment, and cost associated with developing a SC biologic formulation. Further education is needed around the transition of traditional IV formulations to low-concentration, large-volume SC formulations utilizing delivery formats such as an SC infusion pump or OBDS” Desai et al (2025).
Review of Candida auris infection in Saudi Arabia – Full Text
“This review examines the epidemiology, risk factors, antifungal susceptibility, clinical manifestations, and mortality associated with C. auris, based on published literature from Saudi Arabia” Almajid et al (2025).
Antineoplastic extravasation management guideline
“This guideline summarizes evidence-based interventions for the management of extravasation of antineoplastic vesicants or irritants with vesicant properties to guide clinical care” Thomas et al (2025).
Vascular access device selection survey
“The study underscores the need for standardised practices, interdisciplinary collaboration, and enhanced training. Findings highlight opportunities for integrating VAD selection into cancer care certification metrics and fostering partnerships between oncology and vascular access societies” Duggan et al (2025).
Glove use during intravenous antimicrobial preparation and administration – Full Text
“Inappropriate use of non-sterile gloves for preparing and administering intravenous antimicrobials hinders correct hand hygiene practices and increases healthcare-associated infections, healthcare costs and waste” Raja Azlan et al (2025).
Extravasation detection in neonates
“To examine the evidence on SPC infiltration and extravasation complications in neonates, focusing on incidence, risk factors, detection tools, research gaps, and opportunities for standardization” van Rens et al (2025).
Impact of IV drug shortages on patient safety
“Almost half (44%) of the survey respondents reported shortages impacting hematology and oncology medications. These shortages resulted in interrupted, modified, or delayed chemotherapy regimens (e.g., reduced doses, treatment withheld if noncurative intent) and significantly impacted health care organizations’ clinical and operational resources, increased the risk for medication errors, and negatively affected the quality of patient care” Bertagnoli et al (2025).
Infusion pump cybersecurity issues
“We present a DDoS attack that alters the pump’s operation, potentially leading to over-infusion or under-infusion of medication. We then assess the implications of these security flaws on patient safety and device reliability” Lu et al (2025).
Confirmation of central line placement in neonates
“To assess the diagnostic accuracy of point-of-care ultrasound against single or multiple check X-rays done to confirm central line position. This cross-sectional observational study was conducted in a tertiary neonatal intensive care unit from March 2023 to March 2024” Bhatia et al (2025).
Peripherally inserted central catheter placement in pediatric patients – Read Full Text
“We reported a pediatric case requiring prolonged antibiotic therapy for sacral osteomyelitis, in which PICC placement was initially unsuccessful because of resistance encountered during catheter advancement. Venography revealed significant venous stenosis, which allowed successful catheter placement after the guidewire was redirected into a patent vessel” Tokuda et al (2025).
PICC use in allogeneic hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation
“This prospective study evaluated a novel dual peripherally inserted central venous catheter (PICC) technique to reduce venipuncture frequency in allo-HSCT recipients” Sakai et al (2025).
Correction of impacted central venous catheter
“Disruption of the central venous port catheter was identified on the chest radiograph of a 36-year-old woman who had undergone chemotherapy following resection of her colon cancer. Computed tomography revealed that the catheter was impacted in the peripheral pulmonary artery” Kato et al (2025).
Hypodermoclysis educational tool validation – Full Text
“The resulting manual demonstrates strong validity as an educational resource, with significant potential to standardize and enhance hypodermoclysis training in palliative nursing, promoting both safety and humanized care” de Sousa et al (2025).
Prevention and management of intraoperative intravenous infiltration – Full Text
“This case highlights the need for standardized IV infiltration prevention and management strategies in the surgical setting, in which there may be restricted access or visualization of IV catheters” Hahn et al (2025).
Artificial intelligence in transfusion practice – Full Text
“Transfusion medicine is vital to healthcare and affects clinical outcomes, patient safety, and system resilience while addressing challenges such as blood shortages, donor variability, and rising costs. The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) presents new opportunities to improve clinical decision-making and operational effectiveness in this field” Li et al (2025).
CLABSI rates associated with racial and socioeconomic disparities – Full Text
“Racial and socioeconomic disparities persist in CLABSI incidence and healthcare resource utilization, with Blacks and Medicaid beneficiaries at the highest risk” Mielke et al (2025).
Costs linked to intravenous push controlled substance waste – Full Text
“This multi-site observational study aimed to quantify the pharmacy workforce time and associated costs linked to IVP waste management across a 16-hospital health system in Southwest Florida” Hertig et al (2025).
Guideline on the management of antineoplastic extravasation – Full Text
“This guideline summarizes evidence-based interventions for the management of extravasation of antineoplastic vesicants or irritants with vesicant properties to guide clinical care” Thomas et al (2025).
Safe vascular access guidelines from the Association of Anaesthetists – Full Text
“It is hoped that these guidelines, together with the larger body of work, will improve the care of patients who require vascular access, embed a more holistic approach to vascular access and lifetime vein preservation, and support staff and hospitals with vascular access service development” Johnston et al (2025).
Tetrasodium EDTA central venous catheter lock solution – Full Text
“The objective of this study was to evaluate the patients ease-of-use and acceptability of the new KiteLock solution in the home parenteral nutrition (HPN) patients” Saucedo et al (2025).
Vascular access type for vasopressor infusion – Full Text
“We conducted a single-centre, parallel-group, feasibility randomised controlled trial with critically ill patients receiving vasopressor infusions randomised in a 1:1 ratio to receive early CVC insertion (within 4 h) or late CVC insertion (after 12 h). All patients received vasopressor infusions via a peripheral intravenous cannula (PIVC) while awaiting CVC insertion” Ramanan et al (2025).
Intracavitary electrocardiogram PICC placement guidance – Full Text
“Intracavitary electrocardiogram (IC-ECG) refers to the use of normal saline column or guidewire as a probe electrode to guide the electrocardiogram during central venous catheter-placement, and then determine the position of the catheter tip in real time according to the characteristic changes of the electrocardiogram P wave during the catheterization” Wang et al (2025).