Vessel health and preservation
“Implementing a VHP program across institutions requires leadership support, interprofessional education, and integration into electronic health records. Adopting this proactive model improves first-attempt insertion success, reduces delays in therapy, and lowers complication rates. In complex cases, timely advancement to specialty placement ensures continued vascular health while maintaining access to essential treatments” Moureau (2025).
Discard blood volume from the central venous catheter
“The aim was to reduce blood loss related to laboratory blood sampling by decreasing the discard blood volume from the central venous catheter (CVC) from 10 to 3 mL, and replacing the 3 mL tube for complete blood count (CBC) with a 2 mL tube” Lapić et al (2025).
Retention of guidewire during central venous catheterization – Full Text
“Central venous lines are fundamental instruments that are frequently used for treatment goals; hence, loss of guidewire is a preventable complication. Preparing checklists and the attendance of two experts during the guide wire insertion procedure are two ways to reduce the loss of the guidewire” Safari et al (2025).
PICC for patients newly diagnosed with acute promyelocytic leukaemia
“These findings suggest that PICCs are a viable and safe option for venous access in APL patients, both during implantation and for extended use throughout treatment” Tomáš et al (2025).
Removal of very long-term central venous access devices
“An international cross-sectional survey was carried out to evaluate clinicians’ experiences in the management of very long-term CVADs (tunneled/Port catheters >10 years; Peripherally-Inserted Central Catheters-PICCs >2 years) and their opinions on elective replacement of these devices” Pironi et al (2025).
FICC-Port case study – Full Text
“In this report, we want to describe an unusual case of placement of a FICC-PORT using the most recent techniques of implantation and tip location” Pulitanò et al (2025).
Management of abscess in tunneled cuffed catheters – Full Text
“Current guidelines recommend removing infected TCCs, but this can exacerbate central venous stenosis (CVS) and complicate subsequent catheter reinsertion. This case series proposes a staged management protocol for complex TCC tunnel abscess infections complicated by CVS” Bai et al (2025).
Complications during central venous access device removal in children – Full Text
“Central venous access device (CVAD) removals are susceptible to mechanical complications including catheter adherence, fragmentation or retention. We aimed to ascertain the incidence and risk factors for complications during CVAD removals in children” Sakthivel et al (2025).
Antimicrobial lock therapy in pediatric hematopoetic stem cell transplant patients – Full Text
“Antimicrobial lock treatment (ALT), when utilized alongside systemic antibiotics, may be lifesaving when catheter removal (CR) is not feasible” Kara et al (2025).
Safety of PICC in neuro intensive care – Full Text
“This study aimed to analyze the efficacy and safety of peripherally inserted central catheters (PICCs) inserted by the PICC nursing team in the neuro intensive care unit (ICU)” Li et al (2025).
Factors affecting peripheral intravenous catheter care – Full Text
“The majority of participants had good knowledge and practice about peripheral intravenous catheters. The availability of antiseptic solution, sex, age, working unit, workload, and training were significantly associated with knowledge” Tegegne et al (2025).
Intravenous medication administration practices – Full Text
“Improving nurses’ knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors through targeted education and continuous clinical practice monitoring is essential for enhancing medication safety in critical care. Regular training and evaluation programs are vital to minimizing medication errors and ensuring safe and effective healthcare practices in ICUs” Ahmad et al (2025).
Air embolism following intraosseous access – Full Text
“This case highlights the importance of caution with intraosseous access, especially when using semirigid containers and pressure-infusion devices” Amiot et al (2025).
Outcomes associated with intravenous access before and after cardiac arrest – Full Text
“To identify factors associated with prehospital intravenous access (IVA) in non-minor emergencies and compare the outcomes of emergency medical service (EMS)-witnessed out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) occurring before and after IVA was established” Ito et al (2025).
Impact of infectious diseases pharmacists on OPAT outcomes – Full Text
“Following implementation of OPAT plan reconciliation by ID pharmacists prior to discharge from acute care, OPAT recipients were significantly less likely to experience 90-day ED visits or 90-day readmissions” Ross et al (2025).
Peripheral parenteral nutrition extravasation
“Aging, neoplasms (especially hematological malignancy), malnutrition, and blood coagulation abnormalities were common characteristics of patients with PPN extravasation. Nurses should be careful about PPN extravasation even at midnight or in the early hours of the morning because of the relatively poor subjective symptoms, such as pain and discomfort, caused by PPN extravasation” Maezawa et al (2025).
Implementation of an infusion therapy nursing team
“The team was formed by 2 infusion therapy nurses. In the first year, 1502 activities were carried out, with a predominance of peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) insertions (896; 59.6%); consultations related to infusion therapy (185; 12.3%); and PICC clearance procedures (103; 6.8%). PICCs were inserted using tip navigation and intracavitary electrocardiogram guidance in 82.5% of cases” Messias et al (2025).
Evaluation of blood culture contamination – Full Text
“Sharing BCC data outside of the laboratory, measuring additional BCx quality indicators, and limiting central catheter-drawn BCx were associated with lower BCC rates” Fabre et al (2025).
Midline catheters for blood specimen collection
“Midline catheters can be used for specimen collection in difficult-to-access populations. The low complication rates and decreased patient venipunctures support consideration of this intervention. However, more work is needed to standardize best practice in this area” Kennedy et al (2025).
Clinical impact of flushing with prefilled saline syringes
“Use commercially manufactured prefilled flush syringes (when available) to reduce the risk of catheter-associated bloodstream infection (CABSI) and device failure, save time for syringe preparation, and aid optimal flushing technique and objectives” Devrim et al (2025).
Home care-based education for cancer patients with PICC – Full Text
“This study aimed to systematically review and meta-analyze the literature to identify the components of home care-based education for cancer patients with peripherally inserted central catheters (PICCs) and evaluate its effects compared to traditional health education” Huang et al (2025).
Intravenous iron therapy review – Full Text
“This systematic review aimed to assess and compare the effect of blood transfusion and intravenous iron therapy on the hemoglobin levels based on clinical trials” Bedan and Lottrup (2025).
Vascular Access and IV Therapy Resource
Vessel health and preservation
“Implementing a VHP program across institutions requires leadership support, interprofessional education, and integration into electronic health records. Adopting this proactive model improves first-attempt insertion success, reduces delays in therapy, and lowers complication rates. In complex cases, timely advancement to specialty placement ensures continued vascular health while maintaining access to essential treatments” Moureau (2025).
Discard blood volume from the central venous catheter
“The aim was to reduce blood loss related to laboratory blood sampling by decreasing the discard blood volume from the central venous catheter (CVC) from 10 to 3 mL, and replacing the 3 mL tube for complete blood count (CBC) with a 2 mL tube” Lapić et al (2025).
Retention of guidewire during central venous catheterization – Full Text
“Central venous lines are fundamental instruments that are frequently used for treatment goals; hence, loss of guidewire is a preventable complication. Preparing checklists and the attendance of two experts during the guide wire insertion procedure are two ways to reduce the loss of the guidewire” Safari et al (2025).
PICC for patients newly diagnosed with acute promyelocytic leukaemia
“These findings suggest that PICCs are a viable and safe option for venous access in APL patients, both during implantation and for extended use throughout treatment” Tomáš et al (2025).
Removal of very long-term central venous access devices
“An international cross-sectional survey was carried out to evaluate clinicians’ experiences in the management of very long-term CVADs (tunneled/Port catheters >10 years; Peripherally-Inserted Central Catheters-PICCs >2 years) and their opinions on elective replacement of these devices” Pironi et al (2025).
FICC-Port case study – Full Text
“In this report, we want to describe an unusual case of placement of a FICC-PORT using the most recent techniques of implantation and tip location” Pulitanò et al (2025).
Management of abscess in tunneled cuffed catheters – Full Text
“Current guidelines recommend removing infected TCCs, but this can exacerbate central venous stenosis (CVS) and complicate subsequent catheter reinsertion. This case series proposes a staged management protocol for complex TCC tunnel abscess infections complicated by CVS” Bai et al (2025).
Complications during central venous access device removal in children – Full Text
“Central venous access device (CVAD) removals are susceptible to mechanical complications including catheter adherence, fragmentation or retention. We aimed to ascertain the incidence and risk factors for complications during CVAD removals in children” Sakthivel et al (2025).
Antimicrobial lock therapy in pediatric hematopoetic stem cell transplant patients – Full Text
“Antimicrobial lock treatment (ALT), when utilized alongside systemic antibiotics, may be lifesaving when catheter removal (CR) is not feasible” Kara et al (2025).
Safety of PICC in neuro intensive care – Full Text
“This study aimed to analyze the efficacy and safety of peripherally inserted central catheters (PICCs) inserted by the PICC nursing team in the neuro intensive care unit (ICU)” Li et al (2025).
Factors affecting peripheral intravenous catheter care – Full Text
“The majority of participants had good knowledge and practice about peripheral intravenous catheters. The availability of antiseptic solution, sex, age, working unit, workload, and training were significantly associated with knowledge” Tegegne et al (2025).
Intravenous medication administration practices – Full Text
“Improving nurses’ knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors through targeted education and continuous clinical practice monitoring is essential for enhancing medication safety in critical care. Regular training and evaluation programs are vital to minimizing medication errors and ensuring safe and effective healthcare practices in ICUs” Ahmad et al (2025).
Air embolism following intraosseous access – Full Text
“This case highlights the importance of caution with intraosseous access, especially when using semirigid containers and pressure-infusion devices” Amiot et al (2025).
Outcomes associated with intravenous access before and after cardiac arrest – Full Text
“To identify factors associated with prehospital intravenous access (IVA) in non-minor emergencies and compare the outcomes of emergency medical service (EMS)-witnessed out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) occurring before and after IVA was established” Ito et al (2025).
Impact of infectious diseases pharmacists on OPAT outcomes – Full Text
“Following implementation of OPAT plan reconciliation by ID pharmacists prior to discharge from acute care, OPAT recipients were significantly less likely to experience 90-day ED visits or 90-day readmissions” Ross et al (2025).
Peripheral parenteral nutrition extravasation
“Aging, neoplasms (especially hematological malignancy), malnutrition, and blood coagulation abnormalities were common characteristics of patients with PPN extravasation. Nurses should be careful about PPN extravasation even at midnight or in the early hours of the morning because of the relatively poor subjective symptoms, such as pain and discomfort, caused by PPN extravasation” Maezawa et al (2025).
Implementation of an infusion therapy nursing team
“The team was formed by 2 infusion therapy nurses. In the first year, 1502 activities were carried out, with a predominance of peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) insertions (896; 59.6%); consultations related to infusion therapy (185; 12.3%); and PICC clearance procedures (103; 6.8%). PICCs were inserted using tip navigation and intracavitary electrocardiogram guidance in 82.5% of cases” Messias et al (2025).
Evaluation of blood culture contamination – Full Text
“Sharing BCC data outside of the laboratory, measuring additional BCx quality indicators, and limiting central catheter-drawn BCx were associated with lower BCC rates” Fabre et al (2025).
Midline catheters for blood specimen collection
“Midline catheters can be used for specimen collection in difficult-to-access populations. The low complication rates and decreased patient venipunctures support consideration of this intervention. However, more work is needed to standardize best practice in this area” Kennedy et al (2025).
Clinical impact of flushing with prefilled saline syringes
“Use commercially manufactured prefilled flush syringes (when available) to reduce the risk of catheter-associated bloodstream infection (CABSI) and device failure, save time for syringe preparation, and aid optimal flushing technique and objectives” Devrim et al (2025).
Home care-based education for cancer patients with PICC – Full Text
“This study aimed to systematically review and meta-analyze the literature to identify the components of home care-based education for cancer patients with peripherally inserted central catheters (PICCs) and evaluate its effects compared to traditional health education” Huang et al (2025).
Intravenous iron therapy review – Full Text
“This systematic review aimed to assess and compare the effect of blood transfusion and intravenous iron therapy on the hemoglobin levels based on clinical trials” Bedan and Lottrup (2025).
IV fluid replacement therapy in patients with severe injuries – Full Text
“Our aim was to update the evidence-based and consensus-based recommendations for inhospital coagulation management and fluid replacement therapy in patients with multiple and/or severe injuries on the basis of current evidence” Lier et al (2025).
Neonatal subclavian central venous catheter complication – Full Text
“We suggest this is due to impaired lymphatic flow from the thoracic duct as a result of a central venous catheter in the left subclavian vein” Koop et al (2025).
Survey of anticancer drug wastage – Full Text
“According to this real-world survey, it was shown that the amount of drug wastage in this center is substantial and imposes a heavy financial burden on patients and the health system that need to be taken into account by policy makers” Baharvand Iran Nia et al (2025).
Review of aseptic techniques used to administer parenteral nutrition
“septic technique during the administration of parenteral nutrition/home parenteral nutrition (PN/HPN) errs towards poorly described traditional aseptic/sterile approaches. This study aimed to identify procedures and the evidence underpinning practice in intestinal failure centres” Fletcher et al (2025).
The role of nurses in the use of intraosseous vascular access devices
“IO access was included in the recommendations of the American Heart Association Guidelines for the first time in 2005 and began to be more commonly used for pediatric cardiac arrest in prehospital and emergency department settings” Proehl and Campos (2025).
Ultrasound-guided peripheral intravenous cannulation in emergency department patients – Full Text
“Ultrasound guided cannulation improved the first-attempt success rate compared to the traditional landmark technique in patients with DIVA. Future policy makers should consider the use of ultrasound guidance as the first choice in order to reduce unnecessary insertion attempts in emergency department patients” Anderssen et al (2025).
Prevention of CRBSI in United States hemodialysis facilities
“New commercially available products containing chlorhexidine and taurolidine promise to augment core interventions to prevent CRBSI in dialysis facilities. This manuscript reviews selected topics and recent advances in knowledge related to preventing CRBSI in HD, with emphasis on dialysis care in United States” Wong (2025).
Review of non-tunneled hemodialysis catheters
“Triple-lumen catheters were associated with a higher risk of infection, but their increasing use over time coincided with a decline in infection rates. Further research is needed to confirm these findings and explore the mechanisms underlying demographic and design-related infection risks” Miller et al (2025).