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Tissue adhesive and CLABSI reduction

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“New evolutions in tissue adhesive (TA) technology have yielded benefits when integrated in VAD management, maintenance, and infection prevention practices” Rodriguez and Nuila (2022).

Needleless connector disinfection

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“Achieving adequate bacterial disinfection of needleless connectors while maximizing healthcare staff compliance with scrub and dry times may be best achieved with a combination CHG/IPA wipe” Roberts et al (2022).

Reverse-tapered PICC – Full Text

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“The reverse-tapered PICC and the nontapered PICC catheters have similar safety performance in tumor chemotherapy; different design types of PICC were selected according to the treatment needs of patients” Li et al (2022).

IV fluid prescribing practices

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“The objective of this study was to obtain insights into clinicians’ knowledge, attitudes and perceived prescribing practices concerning IV isotonic fluids and to analyze perceived prescribing in the context of actual prescribing” Spiegel et al (2022).

Vascular access device choice for chemotherapy

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“A systematic review and network meta-analysis was conducted to compare the safety, quality of life (QoL) and cost effectiveness of different types of central venous access device (CVAD) for patients receiving chemotherapy” Yeow et al (2022).

Ketamine extravasation management

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“Given limited data on subcutaneous ketamine pharmacokinetics, the aim of this case report is to present the observed absorption of subcutaneous ketamine due to extravasation of PIV during a pediatric procedural sedation” smith et al (2022).

Port implantation in Ghana – Full Text

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“Totally Implantable Vascular Access Device (TIVAD) is a type of central venous access that utilizes the central veins; the internal jugular vein, the subclavian or the femoral veins” Okyere et al (2022).

Outpatient treatment with daptomycin

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“In a diverse clinical population, daptomycin for treatment of osteomyelitis of 6 weeks or longer duration was associated with success independent of dose” Delate et al (2022).

Drug administration error research

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“In particular, omitting to hand wash before administering a drug (98.4%), omitting to disinfect the site of injection (37.7%), and omitting to confirm the patient’s name (74.4%) were the 3 most frequently observed omissions” Savva et al (2022)

Guide-wire type for neonatal vascular access

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“The short peripheral cannula combined with a straight-tip guide-wire was superior to the needle combined with a J-tip guide-wire for USG newborn IJV catheterization in terms of successful guide-wire insertion on the first attempt and overall number of insertion attempts” Jia et al (2022).

OPAT Cefazolin administration – Full Text

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“The aim of this study was to assess the clinical outcomes of cefazolin delivered each day (Group 24) vs. every two days (Group 48) for MSSA infections in OPAT programs” Herrera-Hidalgo et al (2022).

Tunneled CVC placement with subcutaneous emphysema

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“We describe our experience with a unique situation while placing a tunneled dialysis catheter in a COVID-19 patient with acute respiratory failure and subcutaneous emphysema” Geoarge et al (2022).

Intravenous iron anaphylaxis

IVTEAM Iron Infusion

“The rates of anaphylaxis were very low with all IV iron products but were 3- to 8-fold greater for iron dextran and ferumoxytol than for iron sucrose” Dave et al (2022).

PICC care quality improvement – Full Text

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“The results showed that the number of nurses at maintenance sites increased from 79 to 232, the PICC placement rate for oncology patients increased from 35.0% to 76.0%” Zhou and Wang (2022).

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