PICC placement in a child with abnormal central venous anatomy – Full Text
“Performing peripherally inserted central catheters for children with bilateral bidirectional Glenn shunt, Fontan circulation, and persistent left superior vena cava differs from those with normal central venous anatomy” Tran et al (2022).
Blood culture contamination rate as a quality indicator – Full Text
“Contamination occurred mainly due to improper disinfection of the skin and environmental contamination” Gunvanti et al (2022).
Subcutaneous hydration in very old patients – Full Text
“This first explorative study of absorption of SC infused fluid in the very old found an acceptable amount of fluid absorbed from the SC space into the circulation one hour after infusion had ended” Danielsen et al (2022).
Mechanical PICC complications in children – Full Text
“We have identified several risk factors for mechanical complications in patients with PICCs that will help improve best practices for PICC insertion and care” Greencorn et al (2022).
HAI in New Zealand public hospitals – Full Text
“The high prevalence of device use underscores the need to ensure proven multimodal prevention interventions are in place” Grae et al (2022).
Compounding chemotherapeutic drugs – Full Text
“Substantial inconsistencies between workflow stations were observed-highlighting the lack of standardization across chemotherapeutics, volume of medication waste during preparation, and the need to establish improved quality controls to safeguard patient and health care provider safety” Lombardo et al (2022).
Standardized neonatal infusion concentrations
“Implementation of an order panel with defaulted standard infusion concentration selection improved workflow and optimized technology in the neonatal intensive care unit” Mulvihill and McDonald (2022).
Subcutaneous fluid administration by nonprofessional caregivers
“SQ administration of medications and fluids by nonprofessional caregivers trained by health care professionals is feasible and promising, but additional testing is needed” Rodríguez-Campos et al (2022).
Intravenous fluid therapy in patients with severe acute pancreatitis – Full Text
“In this narrative review the most recent evidence about fluid therapy in severe AP is discussed and an operative algorithm for fluid administration based on an individualized approach is proposed” Crosignani et al (2022).
Prevalence and risk factors associated with OPAT readmission
“Chronic kidney disease, congestive heart failure, hypertension, chronic liver disease, septicemia, and concomitant OPAT with IV penicillins were significantly associated with higher risk of readmission with AKI during vancomycin OPAT” Hamad et al (2022).
How to promote good phlebotomy practice
“Explicit automated laboratory feedback comments promoting closed phlebotomy and order of tube fill with open phlebotomy were associated with a 58% reduction in EDTA-contaminated samples and thus may play a role in improving phlebotomy practise” Kalaria et al (2022).
Discontinuation of universal gloving did not result in increased CLABSI rates
“In this retrospective cohort of adult hematology-oncology and transplant patients, discontinuation of universal gloving did not result in significant changes in rates of central line-associated bloodstream infection” Yetmar et al (2022).
CLABSI reduction with weekly rounds
“Engagement of a microsystem’s interdisciplinary team to focus efforts on identifying and addressing real-time concerns to central lines has led to a short-term decrease in CLABSI rate” Welter et al (2022).
Kocuria rosea CLABSI in a Sickle Cell Patient – Full Text
“We present a case of a 55-year-old female with sickle cell disease who developed a K. rosea infection during her hospital course and was effectively diagnosed and treated” Nudelman et al (2022).
CLABSI rates influenced by race, ethnicity and language
“Determine if interventions specifically targeting Black/African American and LOE patient populations improve, or eliminate, disparities in non-MBI CLABSI rates at a free standing academic quaternary children’s hospital” Stimpson et al (2022).
CLABSI reduction by increasing incubator change frequency
“Implementing frequent incubator changes contributed to a reduction of CLABSI by 13%” Hill et al (2022).
CLABSI in haemodialysis patients – Full Text
“The high incidence of CRBSI in patients on chronic HD with predominance of Gram-negative bacteria means that catheter care bundles should include Gram-negative coverage” Nanyunja et al (2022).
Central venous access in critically ill patients – Full Text
“The IP-SSCV approach is an effective and a safe alternative to the classic OOP-IJV catheterization in critical adult patients” Trabelsi et al (2022).
Blood culture utilization practices – Full Text
“Predictors associated with the decision of blood culture ordering among hospitalized patients with abnormal body temperature are still underexplored, particularly non-clinical factors” Foong et al (2022).
Understanding Persistent Left Superior Vena Cava – Full Text
“The presence of PLSVC can render catheterization via left subclavian access difficult when placing a pacemaker or central venous catheter” Jeong et al (2022).
Cancer associated thrombosis in pediatric patients – Full Text
“The following review will address the epidemiology, etiology and risk factors for CAT in children, and describe the presently available evidence associated with anticoagulant therapy and prevention strategies” Barg and Kenet (2022).
Arterial catheters and infection prevention
“Arterial catheter-related bloodstream infection is a serious complication that can increase patients’ morbidity and length of stay” Yuan et al (2022).
Home-based portable pump chemotherapy
“To explore the significance of home-based portable pump chemotherapy for family caregivers of patients newly diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia” Bennich et al (2022).
Midline catheter failure rates – Full Text
“Elevated pulse rate, decreased oxygen saturation level, temperature ≥38°C, and norepinephrine use were each associated with an increased risk of MC failure” Bahl et al (2022).
Nursing knowledge of totally implantable ports
“Nurses are the main source of knowledge about TIVAP in different periods for BC patients, and the nurses should obtain multidisciplinary health knowledge to enhance the benefits of the education for patients” Xie et al (2022).
Infant pain during intravenous blood draw
“The white noise and Brahms’ lullaby used during the intravenous blood draw procedure reduced the pain of infants” Sağkal Midilli and Ergin (2022).
Injury from opening a glass ampoule – Full Text
“We present two cases of HCWs with hand injuries from opening a medicinal glass ampoule” Estrella and Gavino (2022).
Chemotherapy via PICC – Full Text
“To analyze the impact of the clinical nursing pathway (CNP) on the incidence of complications and adverse prognosis in patients undergoing chemotherapy for CC via peripherally inserted central catheters (PICC)” Tang et al (2022).
Totally implantable port complications – Full Text
“Patients with a higher BMI were at high risk of developing implantable IV port-associated infections, which may be an independent risk factor for implantable IV port-associated infections” Xu et al (2022).
Dual-channel elastomeric PCA pump – Full Text
“The 2-channel PCA showed better patient satisfaction with higher QoR-40 during the recovery compared with the 1-channel PCA” Oh et al (2022).