IVTEAM

Needlestick injury and psychomotor performance

“Several factors play a role in Needlestick Injury (NSI). We aimed to determine the association of NSI with psychomotor performance in health-care workers” Pouryaghoub et al (2022).

End stage vascular access for intestinal failure patients – Full Text

“We retrospectively analyzed the course of all children in our intestinal rehabilitation program undergoing hybrid central line placement” Sieverding et al (2022).

UEDVT in pediatric critical care settings – Full Text

“The fusion model, which achieves better performance in CRT prediction, can better understand the risk factors for CRT and provide potential biomarkers and measures for thromboprophylaxis in pediatric intensive care settings” Li et al (2022).

Humerus for intraosseous access – Full Text

“Here, we present a pediatric case in which we have demonstrated the relevance of the intraosseous access both for emergency and subsequent treatments as an alternative route in a patient who has had thrombosis due to repeated central venous catheter insertion” Öztürk et al (2022).

Closed IV systems and CLABSI rates – Full Text

“Utilization of a pre-assembled closed IV administration set was associated with a reduction in CLABSI rates” van Rens et al (2022).

Guidewire looping during central line insertion – Full Text

“Difficulty in advancing the wire could be suggestive of looping or other source of malposition” Spiro et al (2022).

Cyanoacrylate glue for venous access ten year review

“This article reports on 10 years of clinical experience with cyanoacrylate glue in a large university hospital, and provides a narrative review of the scientific evidence on the benefits of glue in venous access that has been accumulating over the past decade” Pittiruti et al (2022).

Extravasation injury treatment with hyaluronidase

“Peripheral IV infiltration and extravasation (PIVIE) is implicated in up to 65% of IV-related complications” van Rens et al (2022).

CLABSI prevention strategies 2022 – Full Text

“This document updates the Strategies to Prevent Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections in Acute-Care Hospitals published in 2014” Buetti et al (2022).

Midline catheter five year review

“We present here our 5-year experience by reporting MC-related complications and by identifying the preoperative risk factors associated with their development” Locatello et al (2022).

Vascular access in low-light conditions

“The optimal tactical lighting for performing medical procedures under low-light conditions is unclear” Iteen et al (2022).

Focus on infusion pollution – Pall blog series – episode 1

“This blog focuses on current knowledge regarding particles associated with water and air pollution and compares this knowledge to what we know about particles in infusion therapy – or simply called ‘infusion pollution'” Pall 2022.

Infiltration risk factors – Full Text

“To estimate the incidence of infiltration and the factors associated with its occurrence in children and adolescents in the operative period and with peripheral intravenous catheters” Santos et al (2022).

PLSVC impact on vascular access – Full Text

“The majority of the PLSVC drain into coronary sinus and only 0.03% of PLSVC drain into the left atrium in the absence of a coronary sinus or unroofed coronary sinus syndrome (UCSS) or very rarely through the pulmonary vein” Solanki et al (2022).

CVC distal tip position in ICU patients – Full Text

“To evaluate the positioning of the distal tip of central venous catheters and the factors that contributed to inadequate positioning in patients admitted to intensive care” Santos et al (2022).

Global incidence and causes of needlestick injuries – Full Text

“The aim of this study was to evaluate the incidence and causes of NSIs globally” Hosseinipalangi et al (2022).

Tunneled CVC outcomes in children

“To improve the outcome of tCVCs, strategies like direct feedback after every procedure to achieve proficiency should be implanted in residency programs” Fritsch et al (2022).

Erroneous central venous catheter placement – Full Text

“Primary repair of the second vertebral artery segment is infrequently detailed in the literature and this report describes pertinent case details and plan of action for identification and repair of iatrogenic vertebral artery injury following catheter placement” Opperman et al (2022).