Ultrasound-guided PICC placement

Intravenous literature: Nicholson, J. (2010) Development of an ultrasound-guided PICC insertion service. Read more

Best IV flush solution

Intravenous literature: Bravery, K. (2010) Flushing CVADs: heparin or sodium chloride 0.9%? British Journal Read more

Intravenous Paracetamol alert

Intravenous news: The MHRA report “Cases of accidental overdose have been reported during treatment with Read more

ANTT conference 2010

Intravenous conference: The ANTT team have announced the 3rd National ANTT Conference. Friday. Read more

Addenbrookes IV conference

Intravenous conference: Addenbrooke’s have announced the second conference ‘Enhancing Best Practice in Read more

IV nursing procedures

Intravenous litearture: An Australian poster presentation by Dobson, P., Orford, N., Mitchell, S., Newberry, Read more

Self IV administration at home

Intravenous literature: An Australian poster presentation by Pauline Dobson, Mark Loewenthal and Read more

Ultrasound VAD guidance by RN

Intravenous literature: AVA have published a new position statement on the use of ultrasound guidance by Read more

Sampling from peripheral IV

Intravenous literature: Berger-Achituv, S., Budde-Schwartzman, B., Ellis, M.H., Shenkman, Z. and Erez, I. Read more

Use of IO devices in ER

Intravenous literature: Molin, R., Hallas, P., Brabrand, M. and Schmidt, T.A. (2010) Current use of Read more

LPNs role in intravenous therapy

Intravenous news: The Yukon’s licensed practical nurses (LPNs) are now able to carry out more duties and Read more

Safer administration of insulin

Intravenous news: The NPSA have issued resources related to the safer administration of insulin. The NPSA Read more

NICU medication errors

Intravenous literature: Stavroudis, T.A., Shore, A.D., Morlock, L., Hicks, R.W., Bundy, D. and Miller, M.R. (2010) NICU Read more

IV potassium error death

Intravenous news: dailymail.co.uk report “A grandmother being treated in hospital for a mild case of pneumonia died after Read more

NCEPOD Parenteral Nutrion report

Intravenous news: The Press Association report “Patients are suffering as a result of “major deficiencies” in the way Read more

Do filters reduce infusion phlebitis?

Intravenous literature: Niel-Weise, B.S., Stijnen, T. and van den Broek, P.J. (2010) Should in-line filters be used in Read more

Infant PICC sepsis

Intravenous literature: Xia,B., Tang, J., Xiong, Y., Li, X.H. and Mu, D.Z. (2010) Peripherally inserted central Read more

Routine peripheral IV replacement

Intravenous literature: Webster, J., Osborne, S., Rickard, C. and Hall, J. (2010) Clinically-indicated replacement Read more

IV drug error lessons

Intravenous literature: Smetzer, J., Baker, C., Byrne, F.D. and Cohen, M.R. (2010) Shaping systems for better Read more

Computer assisted IV training

Intravenous literature: Bloomfield, J., Fordham-Clarke, C., Pegram, A. and Cunningham, B. (2010) The Read more

CRBSI abstracts

Intravenous literature: The American Journal of Infection Control (AJIC 2010 38,5) have published Read more

Heparin lawsuit continues

Intravenous news: SCPR.org report “A representative for a health care provider today responded to a lawsuit by Dennis Read more

Vascular access in children

Intravenous literature: Krishnamurthy, G. and Keller, M.S. (2010) Vascular access in children. CardioVascular and Read more

CLABSI reduction by 18 percent

Intravenous news: APIC report “The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a report today showing that Read more

Central catheter infection report

Intravenous news: The CDC’s National Healthvcare Safety Network (NHSN) has recently published its first state specific Read more

IV injection contamination risk

Intravenous literature: Sikora, C., Chandran, A.U. Joffe, A.M., Johnson, D. and Johnson, M. (2010) Population Risk of Read more

Needleless connector update

Intravenous Conference: TargetBSI.com present a Webinar from Lynn Hadaway on “Needleless Connectors: Read more

Safer injections

Intravenous news: The Safe Injection Practices Coalition (SIPC) is launching a new educational video for U.S. Read more

IV drug error payout

Intravenous news: oclnn.com report ‘Mission Hospital Regional Medical Center in Mission Viejo has been fined Read more

PICC advice

Intravenous alert: Recent MHRA one liner offers some short advice on PICC safety. The MHRA state “Intravenous Read more

Taurolidine-Citrate catheter lock

Intravenous literature: Solomon, L.R., Cheesbrough, J.S., Ebah, L., Al-Sayed, T., Heap, M., Millband, N., Waterhouse, Read more

Epidemiology of Staph CRBSI

Intravenous literature: Carrillo-Marquez, M.A., Hulten, K.G., Mason, E.O. and Kaplan, S.L. (2010) Clinical and Read more

IV errors investigated

Intravenous products: NursingTimes.net report “Senior nurses could form special investigation teams which would be Read more

Hylenex recall

Intravenous products: ChicagoTribune.com report “Medical-product giant Baxter International Inc. and a San Diego Read more

IV hub disinfection with SwabCap

Intravenous products: InfectionControlToday.com report “A hospital’s evaluation trial of the SwabCap™ Read more

£100,000 fine following IV error

Intravenous news: TimesOnline.co.uk report “A hospital trust that was fined £100,000 yesterday after Read more

Blood gas measurements

Intravenous literature: Treger, R., Pirouz, S., Kamangar, N. and Corry, D. (2010) Agreement between Read more

Accuracy of CVC blood gas

Intravenous literature: Walkey, A.J., Farber, H.W., O’Donnell, C., Cabral, H., Eagan, J.S. and Read more

Effect of skin traction

Intravenous literature: Suk, E.H., Kim, D.H., Kil, H.K. and Kweon, T.D. (2010) Effects of skin traction on Read more

CVC and port comparison

Intravenous literature: Beckers, M.M., Ruven, H.J., Seldenrijk, C.A., Prins, M.H. and Biesma, D.H. Read more

Maximal sterile barrier precautions review

Intravenous literature: Ishikawa, Y., Kiyama, T., Haga, Y., Ishikawa, M., Takeuchi, H., Kimura, O., Read more

11.8 CRBSI per thousand catheter days

Intravenous literature: Dogru, A., Sargin, F., Celik, M., Sagiroglu, A.E., Goksel, M.M. and Sayhan, H. Read more

CRBSI comparison by VAD type

Intravenous literature: Trerotola, S.O., Patel, A.A., Shlansky-Goldberg, R.D., Solomon, J.A., Mondschein, J.I., Stavropoulos, S.W., Soulen, M.C., Itkin, M. and Chittams, J. (2010) Short-term infection in cuffed Read more

CVC insertion and coagulopathy

Intravenous literature: Haas, B., Chittams, J.L. and  Trerotola, S.O. (2010) Large-bore tunneled central Read more

Vascular access challenge

Intravenous literature: Leung, S., Malhotra, A.D. and Eisen, L.A. (2010) Vascular access challenge on a Read more

Central line air embolism

Intravenous literature: van Lerssel, S., Specenier, P., Baar, I., De Belder, F., Jorens, P.G. and Vermorken, Read more

Incidence of CVC bloodstream infection

Intravenous literature: Grothe, C., Belasco, A.G., Bittencourt, A.R., Vianna, L.A., Sesso Rde, C. and Read more

Cancer-associated thrombosis

Intravenous literature: Karimi, M. and  Cohan, N. (2010) Cancer-associated thrombosis. The Open Read more

Central and arterial line infection risk

Intravenous literature: Lucet, J.C., Bouadma, L., Zahar, J.R., Schwebel, C., Geffroy, A., Pease, S., Herault, Read more

IV port complication rates

Intravenous literature: Silas, A.M., Perrich, K.D., Hoffer, E.K. and McNulty, N.J. (2010) Complication Read more

CVC insertion clinical proficiency

Intravenous literature: Dong, Y., Suri, H.S., Cook, D.A., Kashani, K.B., Mullon, J.J., Enders, F.T., Rubin, Read more

Management VAD complications

Intravenous literature: Schulmeister, L. (2010) Management of non-infectious central venous access device Read more

CVAD complication review

Intravenous literature: Nakazawa, N. (2010) Infectious and thrombotic complications of central venous Read more

Vascular access management

Intravenous literature: Macklin, D. (2010) Catheter management. Seminars in Oncology Nursing. 26(2), Read more

Central catheter induced thrombus

Intravenous literature: Aydogdu, S., Celebi, O.O. and Sahin, D. (2010) Hemodialysis catheter: induced giant right Read more

Nurse-led neonatal PICC placement

Intravenous literature: King, D.S., da Cruz, E. and Kaufman, J. (2010) A model for a nurse-led programme of bedside placement Read more

Non-DEHP IV administration sets

Intravenous products: Hospira, Inc., a leading global specialty pharmaceutical and medication delivery company, Read more

Blood glucose lancet re-use error

Intravenous news: Associated Press report: “A group of New Mexico medical school students failed to properly Read more

Wrong route injection death

Intravenous news: TheStandard.com.hk report “A drug wrongly injected into leukemia patient Lui Hau-lam’s Read more

CLABSI rate reduction

Intravenous literature: Tarricone, R., Torbica, A., Franzetti, F. and Rosenthal, V.D. (2010) Hospital costs of Read more

Self-centering hemodialysis catheter

Intravenous products: AngioDynamics announced today it has achieved the national launch of the newly Read more

IV conference from IPS

Intravenous conference: The IPS IV Forum are pleased to announce the second annual international IV conference. Read more

Blood wastage reduction

Intravenous literature: Heitmiller, E.S., Hill, R.B., Marshall, C.E., Parsons, B.J., Berkow, L.C., Barrasso, C.A.,  Zink, Read more

Catheter-related bacteraemia and thrombosis

Intravenous literature: Thomson, P., Stirling, C., Traynor, J., Morris, S. and Mactier, R. (2010) A prospective Read more

Intraosseous access review

Intravenous literature: Tobias, J.D. and Ross, A.K. (2010) Intraosseous infusions: a review for the anesthesiologist Read more

intraosseous access following induction

Intravenous literature: Neuhaus, D., Weiss, M., Engelhardt, T., Henze, G., Giest, J., Strauss, J. and Eich, C. Read more

INS UK & Ireland launched

Intravenous news: The INS have announced that Mary Harney, Minister for Health and Children in Ireland, Read more

AVA 2010 extended

Intravenous conference. Abstract submission deadline extended. Abstracts are being accepted for podium and poster Read more

Translumbar central venous catheters

Intravenous literature: Power, A., Singh, S., Ashby, D., Hamady, M., Moser, S., Gedroyc, W., Taube, D., Duncan, N. Read more

Vascular access

Intravenous literature: Sansivero, G.E. (2010) State of the science of oncology vascular access devices. Seminars in Read more

Central line care

Intravenous literature: Camp-Sorrell, D. (2010) State of the science of oncology vascular access devices. Seminars in Read more

Insertion of central catheters

Intravenous literature: Galloway, M. (2010) Insertion and placement of central catheters in the oncology patient. Read more

Intravenous team benefits

Intravenous literature: da Silva, G.A., Priebe, S. and Fábio, N. (2010) Benefits of establishing an intravenous team Read more

Infection prevention

Intravenous Journal: Calfee, D.P. (2010) Klebsiella pneumoniae Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae. Read more

Intraosseous route

Intravenous Journal: Vizcarra, C. and Clum, S. (2010) Intraosseous route as alternative access for infusion Read more

Infusion research priorities

Intravenous Journal: Zugcic, M., Davis, J.E., Gorski, L.A. and Alexander, M. (2010) Establishing research Read more

Practical guide to IV therapy

Intravenous conference: Healthcare Events have announced their third national conference intravenous Read more

NIVAS conference

Intravenous conference: NIVAS (National Infusion and Vascular Access Society) are holding their Read more

VeinViewer update

Intravenous products: BusinessWire.com report “Christie Medical Holdings, Inc., formerly Luminetx® Read more

Call to destroy infusion pumps

Intravenous news: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration sent a letter to Baxter Healthcare Corp. on April 30 Read more

Needlestick injury investment

Intravenous news: News-Medical.net report “According to the Australian Nurses Federation (ANF) there are Read more

Central line cardiac tamponade

Intravenous news: Leagle.com report “Shortly after Jamia Hoard was born at Roper Hospital in Charleston, Read more

Alaris GP IV pump alert

Intravenous products: The MHRA report “Due to a software irregularity, if the previous set up is not cleared at Read more

Smartneedle and pdAccess aquired

Intravenous products: “Vascular Solutions, Inc. today announced that it has acquired the assets related to Read more

PICC complications

Intravenous literature: Lin, S., Wen, K., Liu, C. and Wei, C. (2010) The Use of Peripherally Inserted Central Read more

Nurse-led central venous catheter insertion

Intravenous literature: Alexandrou, E., Spencer, T., Frost, S.A., Parr, M., Davidson, P.M. and Hillman, K.M. (2010) Read more

EKG guided PICC placement

Intravenous literature: Moureau, N.L., Dennis, G.L., Ames, E. and Severe, R. (2010) Electrocardiogram Read more

Silver IV dressings

Intravenous literature: Khattak, A.Z., Ross, R., Ngo, T. and Shoemaker, C.T. (2010) A randomized controlled Read more

TRALI risk reduction

Intravenous literature: Kleinman, S., Grossman, B. and Kopko, P. (2010). A national survey of transfusion- Read more

Drug error research

Intravenous literature: News-Medical.net report “In a study published in the journal Archives of Internal Read more

IV drip rate App

Intravenous products: Designers in Wales have come up with a novel idea to help staff calculate and set gravity Read more

ACF anatomy

Intravenous literature: Baroni, M.L. and Berridge, D.C. (2010) Anatomy of the antecubital fossa. Anaesthesia Read more

Coagulation review

Intravenous literature: Broomhead, R.H. and Mallett, S.V. (2010) Clinical aspects of coagulation. Anaesthesia Read more

Arm ports

Intravenous literature: Goltz, J.P., Scholl, A., Ritter, C.O., Wittenberg, G. Hahn, D. and Kickuth, R. (2010) Read more

Infusion pump improvement

Intravenous news: FDA report “External infusion pumps are medical devices that deliver fluids, including Read more

Patient safety standards

Intravenous literature: McHale, J.V. (2010) Patient safety and professional practice across European borders. British Read more

Intraluminal CVC bacterial growth

Intravenous literature: Nishikawa, K., Takasu, A., Morita, K., Tsumori, H. and Sakamoto, T. (2010) Deposits on the Read more

Arterial line sepsis

Intravenous literature: Gowardman, J.R., Lipman, J. and Rickard, C.M. (2010) Assessment of peripheral arterial Read more

Antibiotic lock systematic review

Intravenous literature: Snaterse, M., Rüger, W., Scholte op Reimer, W.J.M. and Lucas, C. (2010) Antibiotic-based Read more

Ultrasound IV port placement

Intravenous literature: Sakamoto, N., Arai, Y., Takeuchi, Y., Takahashi, M., Tsurusaki, M. and Sugimura, K. (2010) Read more

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