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Implantable port malposition case study – Full Text

“Central venous port chamber rotation is among the rarest complications, which usually makes the port unusable. It should be quickly recognized, to avoid further damage, such as extravasation of the chemotherapeutic agent or mechanical chamber impairment” Donev et al (2023).

Decreasing sharps injuries through root cause analysis

“The goal of this quality improvement project was to identify root causes of sharps injuries for RNs at a large urban hospital system” Stallard et al (2023).

The role of nursing leadership in CLABSI reduction

“oupled with strong support from nursing leadership, nurses on the unit successfully reduced CLABSIs by adopting novel, evidence-based strategies; ongoing monitoring; and multiple interventions” Orozco-Santana et al (2023).

Implementation of barcode medication labels and smart pumps – Full Text

“The proposed workflow utilizes medication labels generated from prescription data from the electronic health record. The generated labels include a 2D barcode to transfer data to the infusion devices” Erdfelder et al (2023).

French prehospital transfusion survey

“Although no consensus has been reached, prehospital transfusion is regularly considered to reduce avoidable mortality. The objective was to assess the status of prehospital transfusion practices in France” Bichot et al (2023).

Teaching intraosseous access for pediatric cardiac arrest

“Using an egg to teach and learn about IO access could be considered a methodology that is equally effective as using a chicken bone, with the advantage of achieving IO access in a lesser amount of time” Márquez-Hernández et al (2023).

Study of PICC safety in critically ill patients

“We found no significant differences in catheter-related complications between patients treated using CICCs and those treated using PICCs after emergency ICU admission. Our findings imply that PICCs may be an alternative to CICCs in critically ill patients” Maezawa et al (2023).

Home-infusion CLABSI surveillance definition

“We tested the validity of a home-infusion CLABSI surveillance definition and the feasibility and acceptability of its implementation” Keller et al (2023).

Ultrasound guided peripheral IV cannulation education – Full Text

“Simple teaching interventions can lead to competent ultrasound guided peripheral intravenous cannula insertion by novices, resulting in numerous positive outcomes for patients and healthcare systems” Hoskins et al (2023).

Circle priming for chemotherapy administration

“Implementation of circle priming has significantly increased the percentage of interoperability compliance for intravenous chemotherapy medications in our pediatric hematology/oncology patient care areas” Agedal et al (2023).

Blood culture volume requirements

“Implementing the PDCA cycle management can improve the mean blood culture volumes effectively and match the volume recommended by the manufacturer” Tseng et al (2023).

Ultrasound guided PIVC and postinsertion failure rate

“Determine if ultrasonographically guided (USG) PIVCs placed in the emergency department (ED) significantly decreases postinsertion failure rate, increases utility time, and decreases postremoval complication rate” Leroux et al (2023).

Ethanol lock therapy increases mechanical catheter complications

“In the largest pediatric intestinal failure cohort evaluated to date, use of ELT, compared to heparin locks, increased the risk of mechanical catheter complications. Mechanical complications carry morbidity requiring urgent clinic or emergency department visits and additional procedures. Investigation of alternative lock solutions is warranted” Fligor et al (2023).

Patient position during subclavian hemodialysis catheter placement – Full Text

“Herein, we report two patients who underwent subclavian catheterization; one experienced an injury to the superior vena cava after undergoing the conventional procedure, whereas the other patient with raised arm during the catheterization procedure had safe catheter placement” Yoo et al (2023).

Umbilical venous catheter dwell-time pilot study

“A longer UVC dwell-time of up to 14 days significantly decreased the number of painful invasive vascular procedures and radiation exposure, and shortened the length of the hospital stay” Hess et al (2023).

Device for insertion of peripheral IV catheters under aseptic conditions

“The device permits the PVC placement in the vein while avoiding to directly touch the catheter with the fingertips” López-Medrano et al (2023).

Fluoroscopically guided repositioning of PICC

“Malposition was the primary issue causing US-guided PICC insertion failure. Fluoroscopically guided tip repositioning safely and efficaciously led to satisfactory positioning in difficult cases” Wang et al (2023).

Imagery-based techniques for teaching central venous access

“The objective was to assess whether medical students demonstrate greater proficiency in the ability to obtain central venous access in simulation trainers following exposure to guided, mental, and motor imagery teaching methods in comparison to traditional methods” Cryder et al (2023).

Urokinase-based lock solutions for catheter salvage – Full Text

“Herein, we report the case of a patient on HD with CRBSI who was successfully treated with intravenous levofloxacin- and urokinase-based antibiotic lock, without catheter removal prior to kidney transplantation” Xia et al (2023).

Impact of vascular access type on cardiopulmonary resuscitation quality

“Central venous catheterization is more effective than peripheral venous catheterization in cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Moreover, femoral vein access was more effective than internal jugular vein access” Qin et al (2023).

Central and peripheral line surveillance

“HOBSI, which includes central and peripheral line surveillance, may be a more sensitive indicator of preventable BSI” Gurney et al (2023).

Differential time to positivity in diagnosing CLABSI – Full Text

“DTP performs well in ruling CLABSIs in or out. Obtaining paired catheter and peripheral blood cultures for DTP when the infectious source is unclear may prevent unnecessary line removal and diagnostic tests, although this needs to be balanced against potentially higher contamination rates from catheter cultures” Dhaliwal et al (2023).

Australian peripheral IV catheter clinical care standard survey – Full Text

“This study aimed to (i) capture clinicians’ knowledge, attitude and adherence to the first Australian national peripheral intravenous catheter (PIVC) Clinical Care Standard, (ii) examine the instrument performance of the knowledge related questions and (iii) explore the educational needs for, and barriers to, Standard adherence among Australian ED clinicians” Xu et al (2023).

OPAT information sheet for children – Full Text

“We document a clear timeline of how we have worked together to co-create an animation and information sheet about receiving outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT)” Saron et al (2023).

Parenteral nutrition solution stability and compatibility – Full Text

“This work is part of a larger research project concerned for compatibility of PNS with commonly used intravenous medication in paediatric and neonates” Farhan et al (2023).

IV fluid therapy in septic shock – Full Text

“During septic shock, fluid therapy is aimed at increasing cardiac output and improving tissue oxygenation, but it poses two problems: it has inconsistent and transient efficacy, and it has many well-documented deleterious effects” Monnet et al (2023).

Author: IVTEAM