Home infusions of natalizumab
“The home infusions were shown to be feasible, more convenient and less expensive than usual care. Larger scale studies are required to verify these preliminary findings, particularly around safety and management of hypersensitivity adverse events in the home setting and for equivalence of clinical outcomes” Schultz et al (2021).
MARSI prevention
“Medical adhesive-related skin injury (MARSI) is an overlooked and underestimated problem. While awareness of this issue is growing, it is not fully understood by health professionals in a variety of clinical settings” Hitchcock et al (2021).
PICC complication rates – Full Text
“Continuous nursing intervention for patients undergoing tumor chemotherapy with PICC catheterization can promote their self-management agency, prolong the PICC catheterization time, reduce the incidence of complications” Zhu et al (2021).
Vancomycin extravasation in neonates
“To prevent the risk of skin damage, we advocate that in newborn infants, the administration of vancomycin should be limited to a concentration of < 2.5 mg/mL via a peripheral intravenous catheter if a central venous catheter is not available" Gilliot et al (2021).
Central venous catheters for therapeutic plasma exchange
“CVC insertion is performed for the majority of inpatient TPE procedures and CVC use appears to correlate with worse clinical outcomes” Chopra et al (2021).
Wireless ultrasound for neonates and small infants
“We here aimed to investigate the success rates in performing ultrasound (US) guided central venous catheter insertion (CVC) in neonates and small infants undergoing cardiac surgery, and to evaluate the practicability and feasibility of thereby using a novel wireless US transducer (WUST)” Schiefer et al (2021).
Neonatal CLABSI
“This study examined the incidence rates, risk factors, and clinical outcomes of CLABSI among neonates(aged<1month) and children(aged≥1month) admitted to a tertiary care university hospital" Khieosanuk et al (2021).
CLABSI rates when using DDAC washcloth – Full Text
“Given the growing need for new concepts to prevent and control healthcare-associated infections, DDAC may be a new and promising agent for WBB of ICU patients” von Dehn et al (2021).
Recovery of central venous catheter fragment
“In almost all cases the migrated portion can be retrieved safely percutaneously without recourse to surgery” Sudhakar and Teja (2021).
Fluid therapy protocol in acute pancreatitis
“Based on low-certainty evidence, moderate-rate fluid infusion should be preferred over high-rate infusion” Di Martino et al (2021).
Subcutaneous phenobarbital infusion
“The European Association of Palliative Care framework for sedation states that barbiturates are useful where patients are tolerant to other sedatives due to their differing mechanism of action” Thomas (2021).
Chemotherapy effect on IV site
“After treatment, 16 (39.0%) manifested abnormalities such as subcutaneous edema, vessel wall thickening, and/or thrombosis; there was no extravasation immediately after treatment” Abe-Doi et al (2021)
OPAT in palliative care – Full Text
“There are significant issues surrounding antimicrobial stewardship in the palliative OPAT group that should be considered” Hart et al (2021).
UEDVT associated with central venous catheters
“In most patients, CRT occurs immediately after catheter insertion, most often within the first week and almost all within the first month after insertion” Debourdeau et al (2021).
Bedside femoral line placement
“The bundled cost of bedside femoral line placements is significantly less than fluoroscopic TCVC and PICC placements placed in the IR suite, mainly related to differences in sedation costs” Reis et al (2021).
Vascular access in the Czech Republic
“Based on our findings, we developed general indications and recommendations for venous access to cancer patients which represent the consensus of an interdisciplinary team of specialists” Maňásek et al (2021).
Port flush frequency – Full Text
“In the TIVAP off-treatment period, patients without any history of TIVAP-related complications during approximately one year can attempt to prolong the flushing interval to more than 4 weeks” Zhang et al (2021).
Insulin infusion safety – Full Text
“This narrative review explores the expanding indications, risks and opportunities associated with insulin infusions and potential options for improved safety” Massoomi et al (2021).
Port insertion for children – Full Text
“It should be considered the standard technique for Port-A-Cath insertion in the pediatric population” Bawazir et al (2021).
Syringe contents contamination risk – Full Text
“Aliquots of DH-5 alpha artificially applied on the surface of the gloved hand of an examiner, the plunger or the inner side of the barrel of a syringe could permeate inside the syringe” Kawakami and Tagami (2021).
Neonatal central line bundles – Full Text
“POCQI method can be used to improve compliance to central line care bundles which can lead to a reduction of LONS in VLBW neonates with central lines in situ” Batthula et al (2021).
PICC placement technique – Full Text
“The use of fluoroscopy for PICC placement leads to significant improvements in tip accuracy than for PICCs placed using the blind pushing technique” Erskine et al (2021).
Implantable port or PICC – Full Text
“For the patients with non-hematological malignancies, TIVAP was superior to PICC in the data related to placement and the incidence of complications” Liu et al (2021).
PICC in patient with chronic kidney disease – Full Text
“Choosing Wisely initiative recommend against PICC placement in patients expected to need permanent dialysis access in the future (CKD stages 3–5)” Garcilazo et al (2021).
PICC for esophageal cancer treatment
“It can be seen that PICC plays an important role in the personalized care and treatment of advanced esophageal cancer” Zhang et al (2021).
PICC causing cardiac tamponade – Full Text
“We describe a series of three cases of PICC-related PCE/CT in low birth weight infants whose timely diagnosis with echocardiography and pericardiocentesis led to successful resuscitation and survival” Khoo et al (2021).
Needlestick injuries among nurses
“Interns in Asia were more likely to have NSI than interns in Europe, and the lowest incidence of NSI was among interns in the USA” Chen and Zhang (2021).
CVC-related medical malpractice – Full Text
“Hemodialysis was implicated in various medical disputes, and CVC-related complications were the most common and serious adverse events” Kim et al (2021).
CLABSI clinical practice guideline
“With CLABSI reduction in mind, our children’s hospital began an iterative QI effort to decrease PN utilization by first ensuring appropriate initiation and then defining and ensuring appropriate discontinuation” Pulido et al (2021).
Infusion clinic competency
“The findings demonstrate that competency-based education and assessment increase checklist usability and increase staff satisfaction” Zatko et al (2021).