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Hemothorax secondary to jugular vein CVC placement – Full Text
“During a thoracotomy, the tip of the CVC was found within the chest cavity. The presence of chest trauma may impact on clinician’s appreciation of the potential complications of internal jugular vein CVC placement” Gong et al (2023).
Conventional and non-conventional tunneled dialysis catheter sites – Full Text
“The current review outlines the clinical scenarios for selecting an appropriate patient for hemodialysis catheter use for short-term or long-term needs” Sharma et al (2023).
Pain reduction during VA cannulation in haemodialysis patients – Full Text
“Distraction through an anti-stress ball reduces the perception of pain experienced by the chronic renal patients undergoing haemodialysis” Dinis and Sousa (2023).
Inadvertent epidural and intravenous line swap – Full Text
“This paper reports on the accidental misconnection of intravenous acetaminophen to an epidural line and of the patient-controlled epidural analgesia (PCEA) pump to intravenous access, as a result of patient error” Dias et al (2023).
Role of simulation-based mastery for CVC insertion training – Full Text
“SBML is effective for training APPs to perform ICU skills. Relying on traditional educational methods does not reliably ensure that APPs are adequately prepared to perform skills such as CVC insertion, thoracentesis, and MV management” Vitale et al (2023).
Management of nonchemotherapy medication extravasation – Full Text
“The frequency of extravasation in adults is between 0.1% and 6%.2 Some suggest the incidence is decreasing thanks to improved infusion procedure, early recognition of drug leakage, and training” Tarpey et al (2023).
Impact of blood transfusion guidelines – Full Text
“We evaluated by means of a data-driven approach if and when the guidelines on red blood cell transfusions (RBCTs) issued by Swiss Smarter Medicine in 2016 had an impact on RBCTs practice within a hospital network” Balafas et al (2023).
Investigating potential drivers for increased CLABSI – Full Text
“Central line-associated bloodstream infection rates increased during the Omicron surge at our rural academic medical center” Kang et al (2023).
Assessment and management of vascular access devices guideline
“The vascular access BPG provides high quality guidance and updated recommendations, and can serve as a primary resource for health providers assessing and managing VADs” Buchanan et al (2023).
Chlorhexidine anaphylaxis case report
“We present a case of life-threatening anaphylaxis after CVC insertion caused by chlorhexidine used for skin preparation” Amano et al (2023).
Home-infusion CLABSI surveillance – Full Text
“We characterized information hazards in home-infusion CLABSI surveillance and identified possible strategies to mitigate information hazards” Hannum et al (2023).
Oncology infusion pharmacy survey
“The survey results highlight the need for standardization of established productivity metrics across oncology infusion pharmacies in order to improve efficiency and contain costs in the changing oncology landscape” Boyd et al (2023).
Complications related to peripheral intravenous devices
“Thirty-three patients had moderate-to-severe complications related to PIVD in a tertiary centre from January 2017 to December 2017. All data were obtained from electronic medical report (EMR)” Gunasagaran et al (2023).
CLABSI risk factors in low-and middle-income countries
“To identify central-line (CL)-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) incidence and risk factors in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs)” Rosenthal et al (2023).
Severe clinical outcomes associated with PICC and umbilical venous catheters
“The incidence of severe IVH or death did not differ significantly among preterm m infants < 30 weeks gestation subjected to UVC or PICC placement" Alshafei (2023).
OPAT experience with prosthetic joint infection – Full Text
“Our main findings were that patients with PJIs can be safely managed via OPAT, and the finding of association between T2DM and increased risk of readmission” Kutubi et al (2023).
Treatment of asymptomatic central venous catheter thrombosis
“A thrombus was identified, which was resolved with low-molecular-weight heparin anticoagulation therapy. The patient experienced no complications with removal of the central venous catheter” Huang (2023).
Pain medicine physician needlestick injury survey
“To investigate and characterize the incidence of needlestick injuries (NSI) in a sample of practicing pain medicine physicians, with the ultimate goal of aiding to prevent these injuries by raising awareness of their prevalence” Moheimani et al (2023).
Positive and neutral needleless connector study
“A pragmatic, multiphase prospective quality improvement initiative was performed to determine whether a positive displacement connector (PD) causes reduction of central line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI), occlusion, and catheter hub colonization when compared with a neutral displacement connector with alcohol disinfecting cap (AC)” Schora et al (2023).
Peripheral intravenous catheterization outcomes in Portugal
“This reality, combined with Portugal’s absence of government-endorsed evidence-based standards for peripheral intravenous catheter (PIVC) insertion and treatment and vascular access teams, may explain the country’s unacceptably high incidence of PIVC-related complications reported over the last decade” Santos-Costa et al (2023).
OPAT for patients with spinal infection – Full Text
“OPAT is a feasible and effective option for delivering intravenous antimicrobial therapy to patients with spinal infections who can be managed without hospitalisation” Kilinc et al (2023).
CLABSI in patients with acute leukemia and neutropenia
“The objectives of this study were to examine predictors for central line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) and causative microorganisms” Joslyn et al (2023).