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Sprint team approach to CLABSI reduction

“Sprint teams, a novel approach to rapidly develop a checklist for lower-performing care improvement areas, were implemented after an internal review of existing tools and an evidence-based literature review” Sharieff and Uejo (2024).

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Peripheral cannula-related infection prevention – Full Text

“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).

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Inopressor stability in commercial plastic syringes

“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).

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IV passport end-user experience – Full Text

“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).

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Needlestick injury human factor analysis

“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).

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Umbilical venous catheter protocol

“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).

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Inopressor stability in commercial plastic syringes

“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).

Read More »

IV passport end-user experience – Full Text

“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).

Read More »

Needlestick injury human factor analysis

“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).

Read More »

Umbilical venous catheter protocol

“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).

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Central venous catheter safety

“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).

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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).

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