http://www.ivteam.com IV news and views with Andrew Jackson Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:24:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en NHS Tayside has agreed to apologise to the family of a 79-year-old man who died in Ninewells Hospital after knee-replacement surgery. Scottish Public Services Ombudsman Professor Alice Brown said the man — referred to as Mr A — was admitted to Ninewells on April 20, 2006, and had his operation the ... http://www.ivteam.com/failure-to-monitor-fluid-balance/ The authors completed a meta-analysis of prospective randomized trials that examine the use of Urokinase lock or flush solution for prevention of bloodstream infections associated with central venous catheters for chemotherapy. Kethireddy, S. and Safdar, N. (2008) Urokinase lock or flush solution for prevention of bloodstream infections associated with central venous catheters for ... http://www.ivteam.com/urokinase-meta-analysis/ Stewart Jessamine, Group Manager, Medsafe in conjunction with the Ministry of Health (NZ)  are continuing to monitor the situation with respect to the global problem of heparin contaminated with over-sulphated chondroitin sulphate (OSCS) entering the market. Medicines regulators around the world have taken a number of different approaches to managing this issue. ... http://www.ivteam.com/heparin-update-new-zealand/ Actor Dennis Quaid, whose twins were given an overdose of a blood thinner as newborns at a California hospital, toured a Dallas hospital on Tuesday to learn about a system to prevent such errors. Officials at Children's Medical Center Dallas showed Quaid and his wife, Kimberly, the hospital's system of bar-coding medications ... http://www.ivteam.com/barcode-medication-system/ MedPro Safety Products, has entered into two medical supply manufacturing agreements with Greiner Bio-One International. The two agreements grant Greiner the right to manufacture, market and distribute MedPro's tube-activated and skin-activated blood collection systems and its winged 'butterfly' safety needle system. MedPro's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Craig Turner, stated: "Greiner ... http://www.ivteam.com/medpro-and-greiner/ Irene Lavery and Emma Smith from the Western General Hospital, Edinburgh contrast and compare the skill of venepuncture against the 2008 Nursing and Midwifery Council Code. Lavery, I. and Smith, E. (2008) Venepuncture practice and the 2008 nursing and Midwifery Council Code. British Journal of Nursing. 17(13), p.824-828. Abstract: This article explores the new Nursing and ... http://www.ivteam.com/venepuncture-practice/ The authors examine issues that impact upon the successful implementation of national guidance such as the NHS better blood transfusion programme and the NPSA safer practice notice 14, right patient, right blood. Gray, A., Hart, M., Dalrymple, K. and Davies, T. (2008) Promoting safe transfusion practice: right blood, right patient, right ... http://www.ivteam.com/safe-transfusion/ These two recently published systematic reviews consider the impact of anti-infective-treated central venous access devices on the incidence of catheter-related blood stream infections. The first is... Niël-Weise, B.S., Stijnen, T. and van den Broek, P.J. (2008) Anti-infective-treated central venous catheters for total parenteral nutrition or chemotherapy: a systematic review. The Journal of ... http://www.ivteam.com/systematic-review-anti-infective-cvcs/ The MHRA have issued  a medical device alert (MDA/2008/051) which concerns the Kimal safety fistula needle. Kimal is aware of the potential for the unintentional retraction of the cannula into the protection sheath, which can result in exsanguination.  As a result, Kimal is recalling all lots of the device.   Click here to view the ... http://www.ivteam.com/medical-device-alert-mda2008051/ This article reviews the safety of powered intraosseous devices in pediatric patients. The authors state that "the rare and minor complications suggest that the powered IO device is a safe and effective means of achieving vascular access in the resuscitation and stabilization of pediatric patients" (Horton and Beamer 2008). Horton, M.A. and ... http://www.ivteam.com/intraosseous-access-in-pediatric-patients/