Prescribing errors in electronic health records

“The aims of this study were to develop and to validate an adapted Retract-and-Reorder (RAR) tool to identify and quantify near-miss/intercepted prescribing errors in an electronic health record” Devin et al (2022).

CLABSI in the community hospital setting – Full Text

“CLABSI remains a relevant threat to patient safety and quality of care, even more so in the community hospital setting” Nelson et al (2022).

OPAT broad-spectrum antibiotic overuse – Full Text

“At our institution, up to 50% of select broad-spectrum OPAT regimens had potential to be narrowed, highlighting the need to re-evaluate regimens for de-escalation prior to discharge” Brenon et al (2022).

IV fluid therapy in ICU – Full Text

“This narrative review summarizes the physiological principles of fluid therapy and reviews the most important studies on crystalloids, artificial colloids, and albumin in the context of critically ill patients” Mayerhöfer et al (2022).

Central venous access and risk of thromboembolic events – Full Text

“We found a significantly increased odds ratio of TEE in NAC-administered PICC-patients compared to in PORT-patients” Rydell et al (2022).

Cardiac tamponade caused by needle embolism – Full Text

“We present an unusual case of an intravenous drug user presenting with severe anginal pain with a history of intravenous needle use one month back, whose bedside echocardiography demonstrated pericardial effusion leading to tamponade” Rijal et al (2022).

Preventing medication errors in pediatric anesthesia

“Medication error situations that might occur in pediatric anesthesia and recommendations on how to eliminate/minimize medication errors were also qualitatively synthesized” Shawahna et al (2022).

CLABSI in a child with Ewing’s Sarcoma

“We describe a case of central line-associated bloodstream infection due to E. dermatitidis in a 4.5-year-old boy with Ewing’s sarcoma” Maraki et al (2022).

Red cell transfusion via PICC in neonates – Full Text

“The occurrence of obstructions immediately after transfusion was low and the catheters remained complication free for the next 24 hours” Cunha et al (2022).

Peripheral IV administration of vasopressors

“This study suggests that short-term use of select vasopressors at conservative doses is safe for peripheral administration and points toward efficacy at preventing central line placement” Marti et al (2022).

Blood sampling from central venous catheters

“We describe a case of a pediatric patient with artificially elevated serum TAC concentrations obtained from previously exposed and unexposed lumens of a central catheter, 27 days after last IV TAC administration” Marschner et al (2022).

Peripheral IV catheter bundle research

“Further audits identified the problem of noncompliance with the practice of aseptic non-touch technique (ANTT) and a lack of effective leadership in implementing the PVC care bundle” Tan et al (2022).

Protecting cancer nurses from exposure to hazardous drugs

“…reports on an online meeting held in May 2022 as part of a series on the risks of exposure to hazardous drugs for nurses working in oncology” Clark (2022).

OPAT barriers and challenges – Full Text

“Our findings highlight the barriers and challenges that patients and providers face when receiving OPAT, and they can inform efforts to improve patient clinical outcomes” Ng et al (2022).

Intraosseous administration of freeze-dried plasma

“However, in severe casualties, when establishing a PIV is difficult, administration via intraosseous vascular access is a practical alternative, particularly under field conditions” Rittblat et al (2022).

Out of hospital peripheral IV placement

“The study aimed to determine the learning curve and success rates in applying IV lines during a three-year paramedic training and the factors influencing successful placement” Häske et al (2022).

Impact of PICC placement on lung cancer patients – Full Text

“PICC placement care is more effective in patients with lung cancer and performing PICC puncture, significantly improves patients’ immune and tumor marker levels, improves patients’ negative emotions, reduces disease uncertainty, and improves nursing compliance” Hu et al (2022).

Needlestick injuries among nursing students – Full Text

“Through PDCA process management, we can keep abreast of the situation of needlestick injuries among nursing students in practice and analyze in more detail the root cause of each nursing student’s occupational exposure and the outcome of treatment” Chen and Zhang (2022).

Superior vena cava syndrome – Full Text

“It is important to realize that VCS syndrome can occur late after removal of central venous catheters, and thus, clinicians should be aware of its symptoms in any patient who has had an upper central line in the past medical history” Janssen and Logtenberg (2022).

Diagnosing catheter site-related tenderness and erythema – Full Text

“A contrast-enhanced CT scan of the neck revealed a huge thrombus about 10 cm long extending from the level of the first cervical vertebrae to the confluence of the subclavian veins, and the right internal jugular veins were markedly dilated” Ono et al (2022).

Novel blood collection device with indwelling needle – Full Text

“To explore the clinical utility of a novel blood collection device with indwelling needle for blood collection among pediatric patients” Deng et al (2022).

Long peripheral IV catheters in children

“LPCs show promising outcomes in select populations, with longer dwell-time than PIVs and possibly lower rates of serious complications than PICCs” Burek et al (2022).

Ultrasound evaluation of UEDVT prior to PICC removal

“No clear evidence-based recommendations exist on this issue and whether perform an ultrasound scan before PICC removal in asymptomatic patients remains a matter of debate” Pinelli et al (2022).

Vascular access device securement systematic review – Full Text

“Research has been focused on how to safely and effectively place CVADs, but little effort has been made to investigate the securement of the catheter once it is in place” Bell et al (2022).

CLABSI rates in critically ill COVID-19 patients

“This study shows that in critically ill patients with COVID-19 prevalence and incidence of suspected catheter-related infection is high, prone ventilation is a risk factor and mortality is higher in case of catheter-related infection” Smit et al (2022).

Intravenous iron therapy for children

“The IV iron infusion was applied to 64% of the patients because of unresponsiveness to oral treatment, 25% of the patients because of compliance problems, and 11% of the patients because of severe anemia” Orhan and Büyükavci (2022).

Skin disinfection for vascular access – Full Text

“To characterize and compare the bacterial communities of skin samples from patients before an antisepsis procedure, and after removal of the medical device itself, according to the nature of the antiseptic molecule (povidone iodine or chlorhexidine)” Prat et al (2022).

Hemodialysis catheter tip position – Full Text

“To investigate whether a weighted mean calculated from published results for two two-dimensional landmark reference distances may be useful in assessing CVC tip positions in relation to the RA” Auer et al (2022).

Biofilm formation and CRBSI – Full Text

“We evaluated the biofilm formation and antimicrobials resistance (AMR) of Enterobacter cloacae complex and Candida parapsilosis co-isolated from a CRBSI patient” Štefánek et al (2022).

Adherence to central venous catheter maintenance bundle – Full Text

“To check adherence to the Central Venous Catheter maintenance bundle in an Intensive Care Unit, after an educational intervention to the professionals who provide care to patients using this catheter” Quadros et al (2022).