Is the scheduled replacement of short term central venous catheters required – Full Text
“A comprehensive literature review was conducted, focusing on studies exploring the risk-factors of short-term, non-hemodialysis CVCs, that were published in the last two decades while including seminal older works for context. The guidelines regarding scheduled CVC-replacement are not based on sufficiently convincing data” Cohen (2024).
Subcutaneous chest wall metastasis located over implantable port – Full Text
“CT studies showed a mass surrounding the catheter near the port reservoir attached to the chest wall. The port was removed and the mass was biopsied. The pathology from the biopsy showed squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) from bladder carcinoma” Botaitis et al (2024).
Superior vena cava obstruction – Complication of central venous catheterization – Full Text
“A post-mortem examination revealed minimal SVC lumen obstruction, emphasizing the potential lethality of secondary complications, regardless of successful thrombolysis. This case highlights both the life-threatening risk of neonatal SVC thrombosis associated with CVC and the need to assess the causes of chylothorax for coexisting aetiologies” Constante et al (2024).
The role of advanced practice nurses in contrast media safety – Full Text
“The aim of this article is to highlight the interventions in which nursing practice can contribute to contrast media safety management in a diagnostic imaging department” Falip et al (2024).
One-hand guidewire introducer kit for ultrasound-guided central venous catheterization – Full Text
“Here, a novel one-hand guidewire introducer (OGI) kit was developed to perform guidewire insertion in the central vein, eliminating hand shifts. To establish a protocol, the OGI kit was validated using a central line training phantom” Eo et al (2024).
Chemotherapy extravasation into the pleural cavity
“We present a rare case of port malposition into the anterior mediastinum resulting in chemotherapy extravasation into the pleural cavity” He (2024).
Flushing interval for totally implantable port
“Data from the current included studies tended to support the feasibility of extending the flushing interval to every three months, with no expected increase in catheter occlusion or overall catheter complications” Liu et al (2024).
Educational intervention to improve vascular access hub disinfection – Full Text
“To verify the effect of the educational intervention TIV-Disinfect (Intravenous Therapy-Disinfect) on the knowledge of nursing professionals in pediatric inpatient units” Bitencourt et al (2024).
How to deal with pain during peripheral intravenous cannula placement in children
“In children aged 6-9 years planned to undergo peripheral intravenous cannula placement, watching a cartoon, one of the distraction techniques, can be recommended to effectively reduce pain and fear of pain. Tablets that allow watching cartoons and films, which are widely used and accessible in the clinical field, can facilitate the use of distraction techniques” Uysal et al (2024).
Learning intramuscular injection skills
“This study aims to determine the efficiency of game-based learning in nursing students’ IMI skills training” Gokalp et al (2024).
Care and maintenance of peripheral IV cannula – Full Text
“Findings showed that poor peripheral intravenous cannulation practice and care which was predicted by work experience, existence of guidelines, and training. As a result, Nurses and midwifes must keep up to speed with focused in-service training, access, and/or follow thorough protocol guidelines for the management of peripheral intravenous cannulation” Kefale et al (2024).
Patient-reported OPAT outcome measures – Full Text
“Patients experienced significant improvements in Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) while enrolled in OPAT and the programme yields high patient satisfaction. Hospitals considering new OPAT programmes should include both patient satisfaction and HRQoL impact in their argument repertoire for the introduction of OPAT” Burch et al (2024).
Intraosseous vascular access in cardiac arrest – Full Text
“Despite its established efficacy, our retrospective study at Southampton General Hospital revealed under-utilisation rates of IO insertions during cardiac arrests” Vakil and Ahmed (2024).
Review of pain associated with intramuscular injections – Full Text
“This research establishes a correlation between extended durations of intramuscular injections and pain intensity. These findings have implications for pain management during medical procedures and can contribute to optimizing patient comfort” Acarlioglu et al (2024).
Prototype subcutaneous hydration device – Full Text
“To construct a Subcutaneous Hydration Device semi-functional prototype and gather initial information to improve this prototype design and realize its acceptance potential” Barros et al (2024).
Central vascular access device selection and management for patients with cancer – Full Text
“The results of the consensus may offer healthcare professionals a global view of some critical issues concerning CVADs for cancer therapy, helping to establish recommendations for local clinical practice” Jahanzeb et al (2024).
OPAT antimicrobial stability testing guidance – Full Text
“In conclusion, harmonization of antimicrobial stability testing to form a global OPAT-specific regulatory framework, particularly considering ‘areas of variation’ amongst current guidance, is required. We call for the development of a global OPAT antimicrobial stability testing framework with consensus from accepted antimicrobial stability criteria, expert opinion and pharmacopoeial best practice” Naicker et al (2024).
Clinical features of Candida catheter-related bloodstream infections – Full Text
“Total parenteral nutrition may be a major risk factor in the development of Candida CRBSI. CRPCI often leads to persistent fungemia. Early insertion of a new catheter after removal of an infected catheter may be a risk factor for CRPCI” Kobayashi et al (2024).
Review of IV antibiotic use in emergency departments – Full Text
“Administering IV antibiotics as a first dose prior to oral prescriptions upon discharge is common, as is shifting classes from the IV dose to the oral prescription. This offers an opportunity for intervention to improve antibiotic stewardship for ED patients as well as reduce cost and length of stay” Elli et al (2024).
Contaminated blood culture case study – Full Text
“This case highlights the risks associated with empiric antibiotic treatment of patients with suspected bacteremia, the implications associated with improper blood culture collection technique leading to false positive results, and the importance of interpreting a laboratory result within the context of the patient’s clinical status rather than relying solely on Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (SIRS) criteria” Ordookhanian et al (2024).
Clinical evaluation of the PowerGlide Pro midline catheter – Full Text
“The PowerGlide Pro™ Midline Catheter is a peripheral venous access device with a length of 8-10 cm, allowing the tip to reach far into the venous system. The aim of this study was to evaluate the dwell time of the catheter” Souri et al (2024).
Home phlebotomy for patients with cancer – Full Text
“Mobile phlebotomy results in high patient satisfaction with superior specimen quality, offering a valuable solution to oncology patients for improved efficiency and convenience” Bange et al (2024).
PICC for OPAT spinal infection treatment – Full Text
“We carried out a retrospective study involving 67 patients who were administered peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) for IV antibiotic treatment from January 2020 to December 2022” Bonk et al (2024).
Prevention and management of antineoplastic agent extravasation – Full Text
“The video proved to be an appropriate strategy for instructing interventions on the prevention and management of extravasation, with the potential to improve educational practices among nursing professionals” Barbosa et al (2024).
Venipuncture in oncology patients with difficult venous access – Full Text
“Provision of a smaller gauge UT-PBBCS option during phlebotomy in oncology patients with DVA reduces procedural pain and anxiety and improved phlebotomist’ experience during sample collection” Giussani et al (2024).
Occupational exposure to blood and body fluids – Full Text
“Primary care workplaces where occupational exposure to blood and body fluids may occur should have policies and procedures in place to manage such incidents. All healthcare workers should be immunised against hepatitis B and ideally should have documentation of their antibody response to vaccination” Pierce (2024).
Audiovisual distraction techniques for reducing invasive procedure pain – Full Text
Audiovisual distraction techniques for reducing invasive procedure pain Abstract: Background: Invasive procedures in children can lead to painful and uncooperative procedures. It is essential to determine the appropriate method to create a comfortable environment for children during invasive procedures. However, audiovisuals are one of the distraction techniques used in pain management. Purpose: This study aims […]
ChatGPT role in understanding radiopharmaceutical extravasation – Full Text
“Based on these results we concluded that ChatGPT may be a reliable resource for patients interested in radiopharmaceutical extravasations. However, these validated and verified ChatGPT responses differed significantly from official positions and public comments regarding radiopharmaceutical extravasations made by the SNMMI and nuclear medicine staff” Alvarez et al (2024).
Intraosseous versus intravenous drug administration in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest – Full Text
“These findings suggest that IV access may be superior to IO access in improving outcomes for OHCA patients. However, the high heterogeneity and conflicting results from individual studies highlight the need for careful interpretation and further research” Tabowei et al (2024).
Value of time to positivity in blood cultures – Full Text
“Time to positivity (TTP) refers to the duration required for a microbiological culture test to indicate a positive result, marking the onset of detectable bacterial or fungal growth in the sample. Numerous variables, including patient characteristics, infection source, former antimicrobial therapy, blood sample volume, and sample transportation time can influence the value of TTP” Maffezzoli et al (2024).