Learning intramuscular injection skills
“This study aims to determine the efficiency of game-based learning in nursing students’ IMI skills training” Gokalp et al (2024).
Care and maintenance of peripheral IV cannula – Full Text
“Findings showed that poor peripheral intravenous cannulation practice and care which was predicted by work experience, existence of guidelines, and training. As a result, Nurses and midwifes must keep up to speed with focused in-service training, access, and/or follow thorough protocol guidelines for the management of peripheral intravenous cannulation” Kefale et al (2024).
Patient-reported OPAT outcome measures – Full Text
“Patients experienced significant improvements in Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) while enrolled in OPAT and the programme yields high patient satisfaction. Hospitals considering new OPAT programmes should include both patient satisfaction and HRQoL impact in their argument repertoire for the introduction of OPAT” Burch et al (2024).
Intraosseous vascular access in cardiac arrest – Full Text
“Despite its established efficacy, our retrospective study at Southampton General Hospital revealed under-utilisation rates of IO insertions during cardiac arrests” Vakil and Ahmed (2024).
Review of pain associated with intramuscular injections – Full Text
“This research establishes a correlation between extended durations of intramuscular injections and pain intensity. These findings have implications for pain management during medical procedures and can contribute to optimizing patient comfort” Acarlioglu et al (2024).
Prototype subcutaneous hydration device – Full Text
“To construct a Subcutaneous Hydration Device semi-functional prototype and gather initial information to improve this prototype design and realize its acceptance potential” Barros et al (2024).
Central vascular access device selection and management for patients with cancer – Full Text
“The results of the consensus may offer healthcare professionals a global view of some critical issues concerning CVADs for cancer therapy, helping to establish recommendations for local clinical practice” Jahanzeb et al (2024).
OPAT antimicrobial stability testing guidance – Full Text
“In conclusion, harmonization of antimicrobial stability testing to form a global OPAT-specific regulatory framework, particularly considering ‘areas of variation’ amongst current guidance, is required. We call for the development of a global OPAT antimicrobial stability testing framework with consensus from accepted antimicrobial stability criteria, expert opinion and pharmacopoeial best practice” Naicker et al (2024).
Clinical features of Candida catheter-related bloodstream infections – Full Text
“Total parenteral nutrition may be a major risk factor in the development of Candida CRBSI. CRPCI often leads to persistent fungemia. Early insertion of a new catheter after removal of an infected catheter may be a risk factor for CRPCI” Kobayashi et al (2024).
Review of IV antibiotic use in emergency departments – Full Text
“Administering IV antibiotics as a first dose prior to oral prescriptions upon discharge is common, as is shifting classes from the IV dose to the oral prescription. This offers an opportunity for intervention to improve antibiotic stewardship for ED patients as well as reduce cost and length of stay” Elli et al (2024).
Contaminated blood culture case study – Full Text
“This case highlights the risks associated with empiric antibiotic treatment of patients with suspected bacteremia, the implications associated with improper blood culture collection technique leading to false positive results, and the importance of interpreting a laboratory result within the context of the patient’s clinical status rather than relying solely on Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (SIRS) criteria” Ordookhanian et al (2024).
Clinical evaluation of the PowerGlide Pro midline catheter – Full Text
“The PowerGlide Pro™ Midline Catheter is a peripheral venous access device with a length of 8-10 cm, allowing the tip to reach far into the venous system. The aim of this study was to evaluate the dwell time of the catheter” Souri et al (2024).
Home phlebotomy for patients with cancer – Full Text
“Mobile phlebotomy results in high patient satisfaction with superior specimen quality, offering a valuable solution to oncology patients for improved efficiency and convenience” Bange et al (2024).
PICC for OPAT spinal infection treatment – Full Text
“We carried out a retrospective study involving 67 patients who were administered peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) for IV antibiotic treatment from January 2020 to December 2022” Bonk et al (2024).
Prevention and management of antineoplastic agent extravasation – Full Text
“The video proved to be an appropriate strategy for instructing interventions on the prevention and management of extravasation, with the potential to improve educational practices among nursing professionals” Barbosa et al (2024).
Venipuncture in oncology patients with difficult venous access – Full Text
“Provision of a smaller gauge UT-PBBCS option during phlebotomy in oncology patients with DVA reduces procedural pain and anxiety and improved phlebotomist’ experience during sample collection” Giussani et al (2024).
Occupational exposure to blood and body fluids – Full Text
“Primary care workplaces where occupational exposure to blood and body fluids may occur should have policies and procedures in place to manage such incidents. All healthcare workers should be immunised against hepatitis B and ideally should have documentation of their antibody response to vaccination” Pierce (2024).
Audiovisual distraction techniques for reducing invasive procedure pain – Full Text
Audiovisual distraction techniques for reducing invasive procedure pain Abstract: Background: Invasive procedures in children can lead to painful and uncooperative procedures. It is essential to
ChatGPT role in understanding radiopharmaceutical extravasation – Full Text
“Based on these results we concluded that ChatGPT may be a reliable resource for patients interested in radiopharmaceutical extravasations. However, these validated and verified ChatGPT responses differed significantly from official positions and public comments regarding radiopharmaceutical extravasations made by the SNMMI and nuclear medicine staff” Alvarez et al (2024).
Intraosseous versus intravenous drug administration in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest – Full Text
“These findings suggest that IV access may be superior to IO access in improving outcomes for OHCA patients. However, the high heterogeneity and conflicting results from individual studies highlight the need for careful interpretation and further research” Tabowei et al (2024).
Value of time to positivity in blood cultures – Full Text
“Time to positivity (TTP) refers to the duration required for a microbiological culture test to indicate a positive result, marking the onset of detectable bacterial or fungal growth in the sample. Numerous variables, including patient characteristics, infection source, former antimicrobial therapy, blood sample volume, and sample transportation time can influence the value of TTP” Maffezzoli et al (2024).
Management of residual volumes in intermittent medication infusions
“This review will improve understanding of current practices by examining flushing procedures used in the management of residual volume, identifying instances when residual volume is discarded, documenting effects on dosing, examining the impact on patient outcomes, and examining possible environmental harm from waste disposal of undelivered medication” Rout et al (2024).
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Enhancing longevity of vascular access in hemodialysis – Full Text
“Furthermore, it explores recent clinical trials, biomaterials, and device innovations, highlighting novel pharmaceutical approaches, advanced materials, device designs, and cutting-edge technologies aimed at enhancing the efficacy, safety, and longevity of vascular access in hemodialysis” Battistella et al (2024).
Study demonstrates secondary migration of PICC is the main complication – Full Text
“it was possible to identify secondary migration as one of the main complications, resulting in premature removal of the device. Furthermore, the greater the number of puncture attempts to insert the PICC, the greater the difficulty in inserting it” Santos et al (2024).
Abandonment of paediatric peripheral IV catheter insertion – Full Text
“This study suggests the rate of PIVC insertion abandonment in children is relatively infrequent. However, more than one in 10 children aged <12 months had PIVC attempts without successful insertion. PIVC abandonment was less likely when there was an indication that necessitated PIVC insertion, such as a serious bacterial infection" Clarke et al (2024).
Standards of peripheral vascular access device insertion – Full Text
“to identify and compare the practice of Nursing professionals regarding the insertion of peripheral vascular access devices, according to professional category” Silva et al (2024).
Superior vena cava syndrome case study – Full Text
“With the increased use of implanted cardiac devices and indwelling central venous catheters, SVC syndrome from a benign cause has become quite common” Mardock et al (2024).
Continuous infusion of antibiotics via elastomeric infusion pumps – Full Text
“Delivery of antimicrobial therapy using continuous infusions with EIP instead of CII can significantly decrease the nursing time and cost in both inpatient and outpatient care. For skin and soft tissue infections and sepsis, the utilisation of EIP is a cost-saving option in outpatient care compared with the use of CII” Hakkarainen et al (2024).
Antimicrobial central venous catheter study
“To collect real-world data to demonstrate the safety and performance of Arrowg+ard Blue® /Arrowg+ard Blue Plus® (AGB/AGB+) central venous catheters (CVCs)” Philbeck et al (2024).
Radial artery flow in the presence of an arterial catheter
“Adhering to the current guidelines, especially using ultrasound to ensure a catheter/artery ratio of at least 45%, can help maintain preserved perfusion through the cannulated radial artery” Elli et al (2024).
Pain relief options during peripheral IV catheter insertion – Full Text
“We found no difference in the pain intensity for PVC insertion between topical application of local anesthetic by lidocaine-prilocaine patch and intradermal injection of 2 % lidocaine” Yoshida et al (2024).
Comparison of peripheral cannula outcomes
“PIVCs with ultrasound guidance were apparently more effective than the blind ones, reducing the number of successive cannulations. Additionally, LPCs, with their greater length compared to SPCs, have proven to be more durable and may be recommended as emergency venous access in children requiring peripheral access for 4-15 days” Refosco et al (2024).
Effect of transdermal antimicrobial photodynamic therapy on catheter biofilms
“This experimental study aimed to examine the effectiveness of transdermal antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (APDT) with and without antimicrobial lock therapy (ALT), on catheter biofilms” Aysert-Yıldız et al (2024).
Optimizing peripheral IV access outcomes – Full Text
“This article reviews the benefits and the risks of peripheral I.V. catheter (PIVC) utilization, infusate characteristics and their impact on peripheral vasculature, PIVC site assessment and management, and PIVC research priorities” Nickel (2024).
The CLABSI burden among outpatients – Full Text
“However, central lines (CLs) are increasingly used outside of acute care hospitals, in locations such as the patient home, outpatient infusion or chemotherapy centers, skilled nursing or long-term care facilities, home-based or facility-based dialysis centers, and rehabilitation facilities. CLABSIs that arise in these settings are not included in surveillance or reported systematically” Oladapo-Shittu et al (2024).
Resuscitation with IV crystalloids in sepsis – Full Text
“With use of a validated machine learning algorithm, precision resuscitation in sepsis could fundamentally redefine international standards for intravenous fluid resuscitation” Bhavani et al (2024).
Preventive care for central venous access device-related thrombosis – Full Text
“This study aims to summarize the latest and best evidence on central venous access device-related thrombosis (CRT) in hospitalized children, which provides theoretical support for standardizing the preventive care practice of CRT in hospitalized children” Tian et al (2024).
Hospital-acquired bloodstream infections in adult intensive care units – Full Text
“The major sources of bloodstream infection among adult ICU patients were VRE and Candida species. Mortality was common in this population, particularly among patients who were resistant to medication. Hence, strategies to reduce hospital-acquired bloodstream infections are warranted” Albudayri et al (2024).
Virtual reality to offset fear of peripheral intravenous line placement
“Virtual reality (VR), which immerses users in a three-dimensional environment, typically via a head-mounted display, has been reported to decrease pain and anxiety during invasive procedures (Indovina et al., 2018)” Miyasaki and Robinson (2024).
Extravasation of intravenous CT contrast media
“Extrinsic warming of contrast helps reduce the incidence of allergic-like reactions and extravasations for Iohexol 350, but no significant difference was noted with Iopromide 300 even at low injection rates (<3.5 mL/sec)" Mahajan et al (2024).
Neonatal short peripheral catheter care bundle – Full Text
“Infiltration and dislodgement occurred frequently necessitating replacement of four of every five SPCs. Despite moderate compliance with the SPC care bundle, the high rates of unplanned SPC removal and short duration of catheter dwell time were unchanged” Dramowski et al (2024).
Infection prevention strategies for nursing practice
“IPC measures are crucial in preventing infections such as catheter-associated urinary tract infections, central line-associated bloodstream infections, surgical site infections, and ventilator-associated pneumonia” Hill et al (2024).
Non-traumatic extremity compartment syndrome
“The average in hospital-mortality for all NTECS etiologies was 20 %. While uncommon, many etiologies of NTECS exist and often manifest insidiously. 13% of patients who develop NTECS will require a skin graft / flap, or extremity amputation. 20 % of patients who develop NTECS die during their hospitalization” Smith et al (2024).
Review of antimicrobial waste in pediatric hospitals
“Proposed interventions to reduce waste included an early switch from intravenous to oral administration, required stop dates, standardized dosing times, and optimization of the pharmacy batching process” Plattner et al (2024).
Mucosal barrier injury central line-associated bloodstream infections
“These infections commonly occur by oral or gastrointestinal (GI) bacteria translocating through impaired gut or oral mucosa. Although strategies to prevent gut MBI-CLABSIs are well characterized, oral pathogen prevention strategies are lacking” Bledsaw et al (2024).
Early detection of CVC exit site infections – Full Text
“Exit-site infections (ESI) of central venous catheters for hemodialysis (CVC-HD) has been associated with early catheter removal and an increased risk of CVC-HD related bacteremia. No specific clinical scales to predict ESI have previously been validated” Cobo-Sánchez et al (2024).
Needlestick injuries and post-exposure prophylaxis
“The high prevalence of needlestick injuries among healthcare personnel occurred primarily during sampling and recapping. Reporting of NSIs was inadequate, and post-exposure testing and prophylaxis practices were substandard” Kiddeer et al (2024).
CLABSI rates based on insertion site location
“We aim to evaluate the association between central venous catheter (CVC) insertion site and microbiological CVC complications in a nationwide cohort” Cosme et al (2024).
PICC complication case study in a patient with sickle cell disease – Full Text
“We present the case of a West African male, age 45, with chronic osteomyelitis, who developed a life-threatening pulmonary embolism (PE) due to peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC line) thrombosis, triggering a hemolytic crisis and thereby revealing HbSC disease” Ali et al (2024).
Complications associated with peripheral venous catheters – Full Text
“The endoscopy department can alert clinicians to PVC-associated complications. PVCs inserted in the emergency room were subject to a higher risk of phlebitis and/or colonization. Therefore, we recommend systematically replacing PVCs inserted in the emergency room within 48 h if preventive measures during insertion cannot be guaranteed” érez-Granda et al (2024).
Central venous access device adverse events in pediatric cancer patients – Full Text
“CVAD complication rates in this population remain high. TCVCs and PICCs are associated with increased complications relative to TIVADs. Insufficient evidence exists to guide device selection in this cohort, necessitating further research to determine the role of PICCs in pediatric cancer care” Nunn et al (2024).
Bacterial contamination of infusion-set components – Full Text
“To determine the prevalence of infusion-set bacterial contamination and compare the climate effects, we randomised operating rooms scheduled for total intravenous anaesthesia to handle procedures by infusion-set reuse or single-use. Both methods used dual single-use antireflux valves” Karlsson et al (2024).