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Peripheral cannula-related infection prevention – Full Text

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“The finding of this study revealed that nearly half of the nurses had poor knowledge and practice in intravenous cannula-related infection prevention. As a result, hospital administrators and other concerned stakeholders better to prepare and ensure that guidelines are available, provide training, and develop the educational levels of nurses” Dessalegn et al (2024).

Medication administration errors in children – Full Text

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“Medication error prevention strategies should target intravenous administrations and not neglect older children in hospital. Attention to nurses’ work environments, including improved design and integration of medication technologies, is warranted” Westbrook et al (2024).

IV infusion methods for low-resource environments – Full Text

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“By conducting a comparative assessment of IV infusion methods, we analyzed the efficacy of different devices and identified one that most effectively bridges the gap between accuracy, cost, and electricity reliance in low-resource environments” Tomobi et al (2024).

Hickman catheter complications in pediatric cancer patients

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“This study aimed to identify the frequency, severity, and risk factors associated with Hickman catheter-related complications in children with hemato-oncological malignancies at the largest pediatric tertiary care unit in Bosnia and Herzegovina” Zvizdic et al (2024).

Stigma within inpatient care for people who inject drugs – Full Text

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“While existing literature predominantly addresses personal and interpersonal stigma, the influence of structural stigma on care delivery practices remains understudied. Our research aims to investigate the impact of structural stigma on care processes for individuals with SUD admitted to acute medicine units” Rehman et al (2024).

CLABSI diagnosis and central line salvage

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“Central line salvage can be safely attempted for many infections in patients with intestinal failure, leading to vascular access preservation” Larson-Nath et al (2024).

Inopressor stability in commercial plastic syringes

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“Several studies have documented the stability of these medications in plastic bags for infusions, supporting compounded pharmacy and industry preparations. The introduction of smart syringe infusion pumps has allowed for accurate lower infusion rates and decreased volume load but with a requirement of higher medication concentrations” Neira et al (2024).

Chemotherapy extravasation case study – Full Text

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“Here, we explore a case study on extravasation injuries mimicking NF leading to infectious complications and discuss the proper diagnosis and treatment of extravasation injuries as well as other NF-mimicking diseases” Nguyen et al (2024).

Midline catheters in managing septic shock – Full Text

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“Despite the heterogeneity, midline catheters are categorically more reliable than peripheral IVs with reported average dwell times of 16.3 days for midline catheters versus 4.8 days for peripheral IVs” Bracey and Sherman (2024).

Central venous catheter use in haemodialysis – Full Text

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“Vascular access plays a predominant role in the hospitalization and mortality rates in haemodialysis. Patients with an arteriovenous fistula obtained significantly better outcomes than those with central venous catheters” Campos et al (2024).

IV passport end-user experience – Full Text

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“In this study, we evaluated the utility, usability and feasibility of children, families and adults requiring long-term intravenous therapy using a recently developed mobile health application (App), intravenous (IV) Passport” Ullman et al (2024).

CLABSI associated with non-tunneled central venous catheters – Full Text

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“Prolonged use of non-tunneled CVCs for chronic hemodialysis was associated with a low incidence of bacteremia. Gram-positive microorganisms prevailed among causative agents. A prior CVC infection almost trebled the risk for CVC-related bacteremia in our pediatric population receiving hemodialysis” Di Pinto et al (2024).

Central venous catheter complication rates

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“Central venous catheters (CVCs) are commonly used but are associated with complications. Quantifying complication rates is essential for guiding CVC utilization decisions” Teja et al (2024).

Needlestick injury human factor analysis

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“The rate of NSIs in clinical nurses was high in China. Individual factors including professional title, department, visual acuity and general mental health and organisational factors including weekly working hours and hospital safety atmosphere were significantly correlated with the occurrence of NSIs” Gao et al (2024).

Automated CLABSI surveillance systems – Full Text

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“Further guidelines and studies are needed to develop and implement algorithms to detect CLABSI/CRBSI, with standardized definitions, appropriate data sources and suitable denominators” Lotfinejad et al (2024).

Umbilical venous catheter protocol

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“This paper describes a standardized protocol (Safe Insertion Umbilical Venous Catheter = SIUVeC) which incorporates such novel strategies, with the goal of minimizing the complications related to this procedure” Barone et al (2024).

Central venous catheter safety

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“Despite the benefits of CVCs, complications, particularly infections, have become a major focus of US hospital quality improvement efforts due to federal and state initiatives that emphasize patient safety, transparency, and accountability” Saade et al (2024).

Blueprint for OPAT standardization – Full Text

“We intend our registry to serve as a blueprint for similar OPAT programs with limited administrative resources. Wider application of our system would allow for easier aggregation and comparisons of OPAT practice and address the lack interinstitutional standardization of OPAT data and outcomes” Canterino et al (2024).

Impact of needle bevel angle during vascular access – Full Text

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“Multiple needle punctures during central venous line insertion can lead to serious complications. Needle deterioration owing to repeated punctures may be a major cause. We hypothesized that there is an optimal bevel angle for a back-cut point needle that is resistant to deterioration” Urimoto et al (2024).

Bacterial isolates from positive paired blood cultures – Full Text

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“This case report indicates consideration should be given to reporting whether bacteria have been identified at either species or strain level if differential time to positivity or differential quantitative blood cultures are used to define catheter or cannula bloodstream infection” Austin et al (2024).