Impact of smart pump and dedicated medication line on IV failure
“Use of an infusion pump and a dedicated medication line can be a feasible option to deliver most IV medication doses in the NICU” Pritchett et al (2020).
How much blood is discarded prior to line sampling?
“To analyse the discarded blood volume obtained through vascular catheters, according to type of catheter, professional experience in extraction and hospital in Adult Intensive Care Units (ICU)” Pérez-Juan and Maqueda-Palau (2020).
PICC-related bloodstream infection in patients with eating disorders
“In patients with eating disorder treated with nutritional therapy using a PICC, prolonged resistance to weight gain became a risk factor for developing CRBSI” Tamura et al (2020).
Device associated infections in Poland
“DA-HAIs was diagnosed at nearly 1/5 of patients. They were more frequent than in European Centre Disease Control report (except for CLA-BSI)” Duszynska et al (2020).
S. aureus eradication and prevention of CRBSI in patients on HPN
“Findings from the present study highlighted the potential usefulness of mupirocin ointment prophylaxis to establish S. aureus eradication in patients on HPN” Gompelman et al (2020).
How to diagnose implantable port CLABSI
“The results support the evidence that sending the port reservoir in addition to the catheter tip to the microbiology laboratory may increase the sensitivity and the accuracy of CRBSI diagnosis” Kaya et al (2020).
Safety of OPAT services provided to nonagenarians – Full Text
“Compared with younger patients, OPAT in nonagenarians is not associated with higher risk of OPAT-related complications” Shrestha et al (2020).
Standardized discharge checklist for parenteral nutrition patients
“The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of a standardized PN discharge checklist on TOC for PN patients” Doh et al (2020).
Severe hyponatremia in children receiving hypotonic fluids
“Severe hyponatremia (<130mmol/L) is often associated with neurologic complications leading to sequelae or even death" Mercier et al (2020).
Optimization of infusion center patient appointments
“This model minimizes the weighted sum of the total wait times of patients, the makespan and the number of beds used through the planning horizon” Issabakhsh et al (2020).
Reducing the incidence of amiodarone-related phlebitis
“This evidence-based quality improvement initiative aimed to decrease and enhance early detection of phlebitis in patients receiving amiodarone” Murphy et al (2020).
Risk prediction for candidemia in ITU patients – Full Text
“Patients undergoing abdominal surgery are at increased risk of candidemia, especially the patients with prolonged intensive care unit/hospital stay and the patients with a central venous catheters” Kilic et al (2020).
Review of vasopressor infusion through peripheral venous catheters
“There was low prevalence of complications as a direct result from infusing vasopressors through PIVs” Tran et al (2020).
Effect of alcohol-impregnated caps on CLABSI rates
“To evaluate the effect of 70% isopropyl alcohol-impregnated central venous catheter caps on ambulatory central-line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) in pediatric hematology-oncology patients” Milstone et al (2020).
