CVC repair in children
“CVC repair in our cohort was very successful and infection rate after repair minimal. CVC repair rather than removal is recommended to preserve central venous access” Zaidi et al (2023).
Music as distraction for venipuncture in children
“This study aimed to verify if the active production of music with a Leap Motion Controller could help decreasing pain and distress during venipuncture in children and adolescents” Obersnel et al (2023).
Blood culture quality improvement
“The objective of this study was to evaluate the dissemination process and its impact on blood culture reduction” Xie et al (2023).
ICU primary BSI and CLABSI
“The purpose of this review was to examine the recently published data on epidemiology and management of CA-BSI and other primary BSIs specifically within the context of the ICU” Stewart et al (2023).
IV site infection case study – Full Text
“Patients on long-term hormone preparations who undergo superficial venipuncture should be aware of the risk of skin damage and potential infection by Purpureocillium lilacinus” Zhou et al (2023).
Syringe pump protocol for intravenous heparin administration
“Several protocols for administering heparin by electric syringe pump can coexist within the same hospital. This puts patients at risk of medication errors” Breniauxt et al (2023).
EDTA blood sample tube fill volume
“Consideration should be given to reject spray-dried K2EDTA blood tubes that contain a blood volume <67 % of the nominal fill volume, as biased laboratory data in these samples may interfere with clinical decision making and care management" Lippi et al (2023).
Ultrasound assisting peripheral IV access in pediatric DIVA patients – Full Text
“Our study showed that bedside ultrasound assisting implantation of peripheral venous access in pediatric DIVA patients improves first-time success rate, overall success rate, procedural time, and patient comfort, reducing the number of attempts to obtain a stable IV line” D’Alessandro et al (2023).
CLABSI or blood culture contamination – Full Text
“Central line-associated blood stream infection (CLABSI) and the difficulties in distinguishing between blood culture contamination and clinical significance” Frederick et al (2023).
Prehospital IV access in critically ill patients – Full Text
“A minority of the patients had prehospital vascular access, and of those, half remained unused” Khan et al (2023).
Intravenous fluid therapy stewardship – Full Text
“A multidisciplinary panel of leading practitioners and experts convened to discuss best practices for ongoing staff education, intravenous fluid therapy, new training technologies, and strategies to track the success of institutional fluid stewardship efforts” Malbrain et al (2023).
Distal enteral feeding can replace total parenteral feeding – Full Text
“In our experience, patients with high-output stomas can be nutritionally maintained with distal enteral feeding without the need of long term PN” Dogra et al (2023).
Managing CRBSI during home parenteral nutrition
“In this international survey of HPN expert centers, we observed a significant consensus regarding the initial management of CRBSI and the use of secondary preventive CVC locks, while areas of variation exist” Joly et al (2023).
CVC migration and drug extravasation
“Despite initial proper positioning, catheter ports can migrate out of intravascular structures due to postprocedural subcutaneous edema. Intravascular confirmation should be performed regularly for infants with localized or generalized edema” Thimmarayan et al (2023).
Australian OPAT services review – Full Text
“This is a comprehensive review of the current state of art Australian OPAT with vignettes of the types of OPAT models of care, antimicrobial prescribing and antimicrobial use” Lai et al (2023).
Neonatal lipid overdose case study
“Intravenous lipid emulsions (ILEs) provide essential fatty acids during parenteral nutrition (PN). Serious adverse events including death can occur from overdose. We report an accidental overdose in a preterm infant” Ryan et al (2023).
Height-based formula for predicting CVC length
“Intravascular CVC length can be estimated using simple formulas based on height and insertion sites. Further prospective validation of the LEJV and LIJV formulas is needed” Lo et al (2023).
Haemodialysis infection prevention guidance compliance
“Despite good overall compliance, this survey highlights some shortcomings in complying with infection prevention guidelines, which could be associated with either higher vascular access infection risk or with increased blood-borne virus transmission” Habihirwe et al (2023).
NICU CLABSI rates
“We report a high bloodstream infection rate among neonates with central venous catheters admitted to three tertiary care NICUs in India” Kartikeswar et al (2023).
PICC for children with hemophilia A – Full Text
“To explore the feasibility, safety and cost effectiveness of the use of peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) in children with hemophilia A and inhibitors who underwent ITI treatment” Wang et al (2023).
Implantable port insertion review
“In conclusion, our study demonstrates that the External Jugular Vein cut-down technique offers several advantages in the realm of oncology, as it is a safe, efficient, and straightforward technique for chemoport insertion” Ghosh et al (2023).
Pediatric candida-related CLABSI
“The purpose of this study was to assess the efficacy of a central line maintenance bundle in preventing catheter-related (implanted venous access devices, port) Candida bloodstream infections” Devrim et al (2023).
Vascular Access and IV Therapy Resource
Secondary migration of a pre-existing central venous catheter – Full Text
“After placing a Swan-Ganz catheter in patients with a pre-existing central venous catheter, the presence of entanglement should be assessed” Cho et al (2023).
Ultrasound-guided long peripheral intravenous catheters – Full Text
“In critically ill pediatric patients with difficult vascular access, ultrasound-guided long peripheral intravenous catheters provide an alternative to traditional approach standard-sized intravenous catheters with improved longevity, lower failure rates, and reduced need for additional vascular interventions” Dachepally et al (2023).
Diagnosis of PICC-related thrombosis – Full Text
“The combined use of RDW and smoking history has early evaluation and predictive value in the diagnosis of PICC-related thrombosis” Zhai et al (2023).
Blood culture contamination rate during COVID-19 – Full Text
“Blood cultures are carried out as a gold standard to detect bacteremia. However, the interpretation of blood culture results is challenged by a contamination rate ranging from 0.9% to 11.7%” Russo et al (2023).
Nursing staff knowledge of intraosseous access – Full Text
“The aim of this study was to analyse the level of knowledge of nursing staff working in emergency departments regarding the management of the intraosseous vascular access devices” >Ibarra Romero et al (2023).
Is aspiration necessary during intramuscular injection – Full Text
“It can be said that there is no need to apply aspiration in IM applied into the VGS if the correct site is determined” Baran et al (2022).
IV filter replacement interval recommendation – Full Text
“Our study revealed differences in bacterial removal and flow rate under high inoculation among each of three tested in-line filters. We suggest the continuous use of in-line filters for a maximum of six days, while reductions in flow rate after 48 h of continuous use should be carefully noted” Kato et al (2023)
PICC complications in HSCT patients – Full Text
“The results obtained indicate that regarding the appearance of complications associated with PICCs in home hospitalization HSCT patients, there are no significant differences compared to hospitalization, so that home care can be a safe context for people with these lines” Garcés-Carrasco et al (2023).
Medication errors in intravenous therapy – Full Text
“In this context, the present pilot study aims to translate and validate nursing professionals’ knowledge, attitudes and behavior (KAB theory) concerning medication administration errors in ICU from English into Persian” Giannetta et al (2023).
Expert nurse OPAT follow-up – Full Text
“To report a pilot project of expert nurses for outpatient parenteral antimicrobial treatment (OPAT) follow-up” Rolland et al (2023).
Needlestick and sharp injuries in Ethiopia – Full Text
“To assess needlestick and sharp injuries and its associated factors among healthcare workers in Southern Ethiopia, 2021” Tsegaye Amlak et al (2023).
Impact of ultrasound guidance on first-attempt peripheral IV cannulation success
“The use of ultrasound guidance resulted in an almost three-fold increase in odds for the first-attempt success rate in patients with predicted DIVA compared with the traditional technique of PIVC” Poulsen et al (2023).
IV lock treatment of long-term catheter-related bloodstream infections
“Short course DPT as ALT, combined with SAT and Taurolidine ALT, allowed high rates of conservative management of catheters in case of CoNS-associated-CRBSI” Vassallo et al (2023).
PICC care competency during the COVID-19 pandemic
“This paper highlights the education plan, implementation, and evaluation of a hospital-wide training for RNs and registered practical nurses (RPNs) in in-patient units during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic” Reguindin et al (2023).
Prevention of catheter thrombosis in patients with cancer – Full Text
“Compare apixaban and rivaroxaban with enoxaparin for the prevention of catheter-induced clotting in vitro” Guan et al (2023).
Integrated versus non-integrated peripheral intravenous catheters
“Most nurses reported the integrated PIVC wings prevented device movement (80%), achieved patient comfort in areas of flexion (78%), and no patients developed skin injuries (100%)” Paterson et al (2023).
PICC and midline algorithm in patients with advanced kidney disease
“CCI and Beclap score are good predictors of mortality at 2 years.Physicians and nurses can use these tools in the evaluation of patients at risk for future dialysis, instead of relying exclusively on renal function to decide whether implanting PICCs, Midlines, or other vascular access devices” Bartoli et al (2023).
Pediatric midline catheter complications
“In children, thrombotic and mechanical complications of midline catheters are common, but only few VTEs are severe enough to warrant anticoagulation therapy” Östlund et al (2022).
Drug treatment for PICC-related UEDVT – Full Text
“The aim of this study was to assess the efficacy and safety of rivaroxaban for the treatment of PICC-related UEDVT in cancer patients” Xu et al (2023).
Difficult intravenous access scoring in pediatric patients
“None of the 4 DIVA scoring tools were superior in predicting first-time PIV placement among hospitalized children. Vein palpability was more predictive, although not statistically significant” Kanaley et al (2023).
Neonatologist-performed ultrasound-guided internal jugular vein cannulation
“We retrieved data of ultrasound-guided neonatal internal jugular vein (IJV) cannulations done between November, 2020 and March, 2021. Of the 33 ultrasound-guided IJV cannulation in neonates, 32 were successful with overall success rate of 97%” Thakur et al (2023).
Neonatal PICC complications – Full Text
“Using the PICC as a therapeutic procedure in hospitalized neonates in the NICU is a safe method. By improving its replacement skills among physicians and nurses, its side effects are minor and negligible” Moradi et al (2022).
Vascular access in critically ill patients with COVID-19 – Full Text
“The objective of this scoping review is to examine the extent of vascular access research undertaken in the critically ill COVID-19 population” Morrissey et al (2023).
Do microbubbles of air accidently enter bloodstream – Full Text
“The aim of this autopsy study was to investigate if microbubbles of air accidently entering the bloodline may be detected as microemboli (ME) in tissue such as lungs, brain and heart” Forsberg et al (2022).
IV fluid management in critically ill trauma patients – Full Text
“In critically ill trauma patients, worse outcomes were associated with higher volumes of infusion fluids and a more positive fluid balance” Wrzosek et al (2023).
Central catheter-sepsis related infective endocarditis – Full Text
“Our case report presents an example of IE-related multiple systemic embolization with poor patient outcome due to delayed diagnosis” Ahmed et al (2023).
Evidenced-based peripheral IV catheter care
“The purpose of this study was to implement an evidence-based PIV catheter care bundle and a decision-making algorithm” Hontoria-Alcoceba et al (2023).
CHG bathing compliance and CLABSI rates
“Daily chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG) bathing is a well-supported intervention to reduce patient’s risk of central line associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI); however, compliance with this practice is suboptimal” Daily chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG) bathing is a well-supported intervention to reduce patient’s risk of central line associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI); however, compliance with this practice is suboptimal et al (2023).
How to teach ultrasound-guided peripheral IV access – Full Text
“We describe our step-by-step approach for teaching ultrasound-guided IV placement at the bedside using short-axis dynamic guidance, with emphasis on advancing the needle and catheter device almost entirely into the vessel before threading the catheter” Gorgone et al (2022).
Pain and anxiety when taking blood samples from children
“Methods such as Buzzy, ShotBlocker, and DistrACTION Cards can be used to reduce the anxiety and pain of children during painful procedures such as blood collection and vascular access” Sivri et al (2022).