Intravenous smart pump alarm fatigue
“A systems-level approach combining human factors engineering, intelligent algorithm development, and clinical partnerships with manufacturers is essential for reducing alarm-related risk, decreasing nursing workload, and improving patient outcomes” Nyarko and Giuliano (2025).
Antineoplastic infusions in critical care
“This article outlines key nursing practice considerations and best practices for the administration of oncology infusions in critical care settings, emphasizing strategies to optimize patient outcomes and minimize risks associated with infusion therapy” Meade et al (2025).
Central venous catheter design for pediatric dialysis – Full Text
“Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) can contribute to analyze the flow dynamics within the CVCs. The aim of this study is to investigate the design parameters that most influence the flow performance of CVCs” Bruno et al (2025).
Principles of infusion pump safety
“The multidisciplinary oversight team prompted a national recall, removal of malfunctioning pumps, and development of system-wide training and mitigation protocols” West et al (2025).
Comparison of vascular access devices in burn patients
“PICCs had a lower risk of catheter-related infection and a similar rate of catheter-related thrombosis than CVCs, particularly femoral CVCs. Multicenter randomized clinical trials are needed to validate these findings in the future” Lang et al (2025).
Assessing nurses knowledge of PICC care
“This study aims to evaluate the knowledge of nurses working in inpatient settings regarding the indications, maintenance, complications, and removal of PICCs” Saba et al (2025).
Vasoactive drug extravasation management
“The aim of this study was to map nursing care in the treatment of lesions due to vasoactive drug extravasation. This scoping review is built according to the recommendations of the Joanna Briggs Institute and PRISMA-ScR” de Lima et al (2025).
Removal of stuck central venous catheter – Full Text
“Instead of using a snare wire, a balloon catheter was inserted into the lumen of the disrupted catheter due to its tight lodging in the pulmonary artery” Kato et al (2025).
PICC-CRT prevention management system
“This study explored hospital nurses’ requirements for a functional PICC-CRT prevention management system, as well as the needs for motivating patients to participate in mobile health management” Hu et al (2025).
Pain management during peripheral intravenous catheterization
“Virtual reality decreased pain and alleviated procedure-related distress, with more significant effects for children aged 4 to 8 years” Rocha et al (2025).
Video-based evaluation of checklist adherence on a neonatal intensive care unit – Full Text
“Checklist deviations occur regularly and can be detected by analyzing clinical video recordings. Video recordings are useful to revise existing and create new checklists” Kessler et al (2025).
Impact of catheter-to-vein diameter ratio on thrombosis in pediatric central venous catheterization – Full Text
“In conclusion, selecting a catheter with a diameter-to-vessel diameter ratio of less than 1:5 in normovolaemic paediatric patients should be considered as a strategy to reduce the risk of catheter-related thrombosis” Kahveci et al (2025).
Varices secondary to SVC syndrome – Full Text
“In this case, chronic central venous catheter use contributed to thrombotic occlusion of the SVC, leading to collateral vessel formation and variceal development” Chiodi et al (2025).
Guidewire entrapment during implantable port placement – Full Text
“This study reports a case of a J-shaped guidewire entrapped in a Chiari network during central venous port insertion” Kuhara et al (2025).
Target controlled infusion in the intensive care unit – Full Text
“This scoping review evaluates existing evidence on the use of TCI systems in ICU settings, focusing on sedation, analgesia, and antibiotic administration” Introna et al (2025).
Standarization of intravenous drug dilutions in critically ill pediatric patients – Full Text
“Standardizing and characterizing drug dilutions will facilitate the selection of the most appropriate vascular access device, improving the safety and effectiveness of intravenous therapy” Torralba-Fernández et al (2025).
Nursing knowledge of extravasation non-cytotoxic medications – Full Text
“This descriptive cross-sectional study aims to assess the knowledge levels of emergency department (ED) nurses regarding extravasation incidents involving non-cytotoxic medications and to highlight the importance of effective management and prevention” Kuğu and Akyüz (2025).
Nurse perspectives on the Neria Guard infusion set – Full Text
“The positive feedback highlights the benefits of Neria Guard in enhancing experiences in both Parkinson’s and palliative care patients, making it a valuable and more accessible addition to modern medical practice in clinical and home-based settings” McGuckin et al (2025).
Central venous catheterization in severely injured trauma patients – Full Text
“In severely injured trauma patients, UAVC is associated with a high incidence of VTE and a low rate of optimal catheter tip positioning” Gu et al (2025).
OPAT in resource-limited settings – Full Text
“To evaluate the effectiveness, safety, and feasibility along with barriers and facilitators of OPAT practices in resource-poor settings, with a focus on its role in antimicrobial stewardship” Kumar et al (2025).
Role of EDTA lock solution in preventing CLABSI
“EDTA significantly reduces CRBSI/CLABSI and catheter colonization, improves catheter survival, but does not affect thrombolytic treatment or mortality. Evidence certainty varies across outcomes” Chakraborty et al (2025).
Secondary infusion underdelivery workarounds
“This review evaluates the risks and rewards of these workarounds and offers guidance to support informed decision-making while advocating for long-term technology solutions that improve safety, reduce clinician burden, and align with best practices in infusion therapy” Blake et al (2025).
Implementation of a whole blood transfusion program – Full Text
“The use of low-titer O whole blood (LTOWB) is requested in the treatment of major bleeding, initially used in military medicine but now increasingly utilized in civilian prehospital care” Bäckström et al (2025).
Midline catheters for central venous catheters in venous pressure monitoring
“Central venous pressures (CVP) are obtained from central venous catheters (CVC) and are often used as resuscitation parameters. Given the proximity of ML to the axillary vein, we investigated if midline venous pressure (MVP) is comparable to CVP” Sweeney et al (2025).
Intravenous smart pump usability in acute and critical care
“Although these technologies offer improvements over manual administration, IV smart pumps are associated with high rates of medication errors, programming challenges, and usability issues” Giuliano et al (2025).
Benefit of adding cyanoacrylate glue during PICC insertion
“Several studies suggest that the addition of cyanoacrylate glue (CAG) at PICC insertion reduces the risk of bleeding and the further need for compresses, as well as catheter-related complications” Figari et al (2025).
Taurolidine and heparin catheter lock solution study
“Patients receiving hemodialysis through a CVC were less likely to develop a catheter‐related bloodstream infection with the use of the taurolidine/heparin catheter lock solution than with the use of heparin alone” Agarwal et al (2025).
CLABSI in ICU during and after the COVID-19 pandemic – Full Text
“Despite increased patient volume post-pandemic, CLABSI metrics remained stable, possibly due to the successful adaptation of infection prevention protocols” Sleziak et al (2025).
Early screening of central line-associated bloodstream infections
“This study aimed to evaluate the predictive value of inflammatory indices, Aggregate Index of Systemic Inflammation (AISI), Systemic Inflammatory Index (SII) and Systemic Inflammatory Response Index (SIRI), within 2 calendar days of central line insertion” Anand et al (2025).
Early fluid resuscitation in sepsis
“The aim of the current review is to examine the impact of early (≤ 8 hr) fluid dosing, timing, and guideline-based resuscitation on mortality in sepsis” Ward et al (2025).