IVUPDATE from IVTEAM
Peripheral parenteral nutrition systematic review
“Peripheral parenteral nutrition (PPN) refers to the delivery of artificial nutrition via a peripheral intravenous cannula. As a nutritional intervention it remains under-utilised in peri-operative care” Khan et al (2023).
Blood culture pre-analytical quality – Full Text
“Our results indicate critical pre-analytical quality markers linked to BC collection procedures to reach recommended collection volumes” Romann et al (2023).
Medical device-related pressure injuries – Full Text
“The stages of pressure injury stages were more for vascular access devices than for respiratory devices” Jung et al (2023).
CVC perforates superior vena cava – Full Text
“In this study, we report a case of an elderly female patient with AKI who underwent RIJV puncture for long-term HDC because her renal function had not recovered in the short term, and the lower end of the catheter penetrated the superior vena cava (SVC) into the mediastinum due to operator’s carelessness” Li et al (2023).
Systematic review of peripheral IV catheter studies – Full Text
“The aim of this study was to critically evaluate implementation frameworks, strategies and/or outcomes used to optimise peripheral intravenous catheter (PIVC) care and/or promote guideline adherence” Xu et al (2023).
Central venous access devices in children with hemophilia – Full Text
“To report the perioperative management experience of central venous access devices (CVAD) in Chinese children with severe hemophilia A (SHA) in China” Xu et al (2023).
Ultrasound-guided phlebotomy for people who inject drugs – Full Text
“Offering ultrasound-guided phlebotomy for PWID with difficult venous access resulted in decreased access attempts, increased patient satisfaction, and expedited screening and treatment for HIV and HCV point-of-care ultrasound technology is an effective approach to improving care for persons who inject drugs” Huyck et al (2023).
Living with upper arm infusion ports – Full Text
“The infusion port in the upper arm is beneficial to the safety and quality of life of patients with cancer. At the same time, there are challenges in physical, psychological and social adaptation” Wang et al (2023).
CLABSI risk factors – Systematic review – Full Text
“We aimed to perform a systematic review and meta-analysis to synthesize and establish the risk factors predisposing to CLABSI reported in the literature” Lafuente Cabrero et al (2023).
PICC complications in very low-birth-weight infants – Full Text
“We retrospectively evaluated non-elective removals of the first thin (1-2F) umbilical vein catheters (tUVCs (n = 92)) and peripherally inserted central venous catheters (PICCs (n = 103)) among 195 VLBW infants” Salonen et al (2023).
Central line home care proficiency – Full Text
“An approach centered on caregivers as main stakeholders can identify drivers to co-design an intervention for improved home CL care delivery. A standardized process to train and evaluate caregivers with multiple hands-on opportunities might be beneficial” Wong et al (2023).
Nudge improves single-lumen PICC use
“We successfully increased single-lumen PICC utilization across all 11 safety net hospitals. This expands on previous work on improving single-lumen PICC use and use of default nudges in large, resource-limited settings” Alaiev et al (2023).
Blood culture procedures in neonatal intensive care units
“Most NICUs did not have a procedural competency (54%), did not document the sample volume (75%), did not receive a culture contamination report (57%), and/or did not require reporting to the provider if <1 mL blood was obtained (64%)" Lefrak et al (2023).
IV lock comparison study – CATERPILLAR-study protocol – Full Text
“The efficacy of taurolidine containing lock solutions for the prevention of central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) in paediatric oncology patients is still unknown” van den Bosch et al (2023).
Powered intraosseous device clinician review
“These findings highlight the value of clinician/user input and demonstrate EMS providers are more satisfied with a powered IO system featuring design elements intended to enhance safety and ease-of-use” Jones et al (2023).
Adverse effects related with peripheral IV catheter norepinephrine administration
“The main adverse effect was extravasation, no additional complications occurred, phentolamine and terbutaline seem to be useful, and its availability is a necessity. It is essential for the nursing staff to carry out a close assessment and comprehensive care in patients receiving norepinephrine by peripheral route” García-Uribe etr al (2023).
Link between CLABSI rates and how often central line accessed
“The number of daily CL accesses is independently associated with risk of CLABSI in the next 3 days” Ward et al (2023).
Intraosseous access malposition in younger children
“This study uses a radiographic approach to determine the appropriate IO needle length and access site to minimize the risk of malposition in children younger than 2 years” Chung et al (2023).
Biofilm-associated candidal PICC infection – Full Text
“Blood culture detected Candida albicans and plain computed tomography (CT) revealed gas production surrounding the catheter in the brachiocephalic vein (Fig. 1a), leading to a diagnosis of central line-associated candidemia” Fukushima et al (2023).
Central venous access trends in children
“To evaluate central venous access placement trends for radiology and non-radiology services over the last decade” Gaballah et al (2023).
Contaminated administration sets in suspected CLABSI
“Although only a minority of CLABSI-suspect patients had positive blood cultures, the contamination rate of central venous catheters and administration set was high, possibly indicating a relevant under-reporting” Menger et al (2023).
Blood culture contamination quality improvement – Full Text
“Blood culture contamination rate continued to decrease with the use of a predisinfection process with 2% Chlorhexidine gluconate cloth before blood sample collection process. Practice improvement also was evident with effective feedback mechanism” Marcelino and Shepard (2023).