Neonatal PICC extravasation – Full Text
“Extravascular leakage of fluid was suspected and the PICC was reinserted. After the PICC removal from the right arm, the white-colored skin changes disappeared within a few minutes (Fig. 1C) without skin sequela” Miyamoto et al (2022).
Smart implantable ports – Full Text
“In this paper, we propose a novel batteryless and wireless device suitable for the interrogation of such markers in an embodiment model of an TIAP, with miniature biochemical sensing needles” Gil et al (2022).
Pre-filled opioid syringe review – Full Text
“This economic evaluation analyzed costs of using manufacturer-prepared prefilled RTA syringe product IV opioids and incremental benefits in terms of reduced errors, adverse events, and their associated costs” Arora et al (2022).
Sonography PICC tip location in children – Full Text
“Sonography examinations in the SVC had a longer duration than those in the IVC (p < 0.001). Sonography provides an accurate method for determining PCVC tip location in the SVC" Wang et al (2022).
Heparin not superior to normal saline flush
“No statistically significant difference was found between heparin and normal saline in reducing catheter occlusion. Heparin is not superior compared to normal saline” Santomauro et al (2022).
MARSI in cancer patients with CVAD
“To establish a multidisciplinary management model based on Delphi method to guide nursing practice and reduce the incidence of CVAD-associated Skin Impairment (CASI) in tumor patients” Li et al (2022).
Needlestick rates at a German university hospital – Full Text
“Health care workers and students should be offered regular trainings to be sensitized to this topic and to learn the appropriate use of SED” Kaur et al (2022).
Umbilical catheter microstructure changes
“Analysis in the scanning electron microscopy proved that within hours catheters become covered with an external coating of a constant thickness, not affected by the catheterization time” Sobczak et al (2022).
Complex central venous access
“Precise pre-operative planning of treatment in a multidisciplinary setting and diagnostic and interventional radiology procedures knowledge allows reducing complex catheterisms in haemodialysis patient” Patanè et al (2022).
Elastomeric pump self care for chemotherapy administration – Full Text
“Home-based chemotherapy is widely used and offers advantages in terms of patient-centeredness, hospital capacity, and cost-effectiveness. However, in practice, patients experience difficulties with self-management and handling the elastomeric infuser” Jang et al (2022).
CLABSI risk with COVID-19 treatment – Full Text
“As a result of routine surveillance in our intensive care unit (ICU), we have noticed an increase over time in the incidence of central line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)” Meynaar et al (2022).
Sharp injury management among health care workers – Full Text
“This study aimed to determine the distribution and associated factors of sharp injury cases among HCWs working at a teaching hospital in northeastern Malaysia” Kutubudin et al (2022).
OPAT failure in recreational injection drug use – Full Text
“Our findings demonstrate an increased rate of failure in outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy in RIVDU patients, and this population has better clinical outcomes when they remain inpatient for the duration of treatment” Stockwell et al (2022).
Cephalic vein central venous access – Full Text
“Because there was no other appropriate route, we decided to insert the cannulation through the right cephalic vein, which was measured at 0.28 cm in diameter under ultrasound” Jiang et al (2022).
Successful PICC placement in ICU
“In this study, we aimed to determine the feasibility, safety, and impact on outcomes of using dedicated vascular access specialist (VAS) teams to insert PICCs versus CICCs on patients admitted to the ICU with septic shock” Raza et al (2022).
Needlestick injuries among anesthesia providers
“PGY2 residents and fellows had the highest rate of needlestick injury. Our study highlights the trend of increasing sharps injuries after PGY1 while supervising anesthesiologists had the lowest rate” Borna et al (2022).
Implantable port flush frequency – Full Text
“Our findings show that extending maintenance port flush intervals to 12 weeks does not increase the incidence of port-related adverse events and is medically safe” Lang et al (2022).
Informal care in patients receiving home parenteral nutrition
“Caregivers of children with IF on long-term PN provide a significant amount of care to ensure their child remains healthy at home” Belza et al (2022).
IV antibiotic hypersensitivity reactions
“DHR to antibiotics, particularly to beta-lactams, are increased in CF patients, and associated with a higher number of cumulative exposures because of recurrent infections. However, severe cutaneous or systemic DHR, such as anaphylaxis, appear to be rare” Kowalik et al (2022).
Radial arterial access practice tips – Full Text
“Contemporary research and technological improvements have highlighted several concepts to enhance the approach of RAC insertion and management while reducing immediate and late complications. The authors have prioritized the following 10 “best practice” aspects that may improve overall device function and reliability” Imbriaco et al (2022).
Peripheral IV catheter-related bloodstream infection – Full Text
“Hand insertion should be considered for reducing PVC infections, especially for catheters with an expected dwell time of more than 2 days” Buetti et al (2022).
Intravenous fluid administration in sepsis patients – Full Text
“Our study has been undertaken with two specific aims: firstly, for patients with sepsis, to identify factors associated with receiving intravenous fluids while in the ED; and, secondly to identify determinants associated with the actual time to fluid administration” Kabil et al (2022).
Ultrasound-guided peripheral IV catheter education program
“Critical care nurses trained in US-guided PIV insertion can safely and effectively train other critical care nurses in US-guided PIV insertion” Bagley (2022).
How to calculate implantable port depth
“DR-assisted measurement can more accurately determine the depth of TIVAPS catheter implantation, and avoid the incidence of related complications, and provide a better method for surgeons” Chen et al (2022).
Central line care – Full Text
“Unfortunately, the presence of indwelling CVCs increases the risk of the formation of thrombi, emboli, and infection than patients with peripheral catheters by 200%” Ball and Singh (2022).
OPAT for necrotising otitis externa
“This study aims to identify factors associated with treatment response and outcome in patients with NOE treated through outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT)” Chris Durojaiye et al (2022).
Intern knowledge of intravenous cannulation
“The knowledge about intravenous cannulation among interns of teaching hospitals was poor compared to the similar study done in a similar setting” Sharma et al (2022).
Skin adhesive for implantable port skin closure
“To compare peri-operative outcomes of skin closure with octyl cyanoacrylate (OCA) skin adhesive (Dermabond) with or without subcuticular sutures after deep dermal suturing for implantable venous port placement closure” Zhao et al (2022).
Peripheral IV catheter stabilization
“This study compared IVs stabilized with current transparent film dressing to those using an engineered stabilization device” Wilson et al (2022).
OPAT in patients with infective endocarditis – Full Text
“To investigate the clinical outcome of patients with infective endocarditis (IE) during and after outpatient parenteral antimicrobial treatment (OPAT), and to further clarify the safety and efficacy of OPAT for IE patients” Wen et al (2022).
Chemotherapy infusion simulation
“To assess the impact of a high-fidelity manikin chemotherapy infusion simulation on student pharmacists’ confidence in applying clinical knowledge and perception of oncology pharmacy practice” Gamble et al (2022).
Peripheral IV catheter clinical guideline education
“This study aimed to assess the effect of clinical guideline education on the knowledge and practice of nurses for PIVC placement based on short message service (SMS)” Mousavi et al (2022).
Start-up delay in syringe pumps – Full Text
“To investigate infusion pumps start-up delay according to different brands of infusion pumps, flow rates and intravenous sets priming techniques” Vieira et al (2022).
Antimicrobial lock therapy – Full Text
“The so-called Antibiotic Lock Therapy (ALT) is an antimicrobial therapeutic strategy which seems to be promising in neonates when catheter removal is difficult due to critical conditions” Piersigilli et al (2022).
ASPEN paper – PN patient safe care transitions – Full Text
“The goal of this paper is to identify risk-prone processes in the transition of care for patients requiring parenteral nutrition (PN) between healthcare environments, including the hospital, home, skilled nursing facility, and long-term acute care hospital settings” Adams et al (2022).
Target-controlled infusion of anaesthetic drugs – Full Text
“In this narrative review, we discuss the development, characteristics and validation of several described general purpose PKPD models for anaesthetic drugs” Vandemoortele et al (2022).
Maximising infusion centre patient flow – Full Text
“Improved multiple sclerosis (MS) diagnosis and increased availability of intravenous disease-modifying treatments can lead to overburdening of infusion centres. This study was focused on developing a decision-support tool to help infusion centres plan their operations” Lacinova et al (2022).
Extravasation of non-antineoplastic drugs
“The purpose of this study was to characterise the physicochemical properties of non-antineoplastic parenterally administered drugs and determine their potential to cause a toxic effect on tissue” Giménez Poderós et al (2022).
Heparin flushing guidelines
“The purpose of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of a three times weekly heparin flushing intervention, as compared to daily heparin flushing, in children and adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with noninfusing TCVCs” Adlard et al (2022).
Analysis of intravenous smart pump usability – Full Text
“To understand the experience of critical care nurses when performing common, yet error-prone, programming tasks on two unfamiliar intravenous smart pumps” Blake et al (2022).
Central venous catheter-associated DVT
“Recent research suggests new ways to accurately identify children at high risk of CADVT, effectively prevent CADVT, and optimize CADVT treatment” Johnson and Faustino (2022).
Continuous infusion medication review
“To analyse whether the technical and legal aspects of the package insert for medicines used in paediatric intensive care units (ICU) using a continuous infusion (CI) pump corroborate the recommendations of clinical protocols and legal provisions” de Paiva et al (2022).
Safe insertion of PICCs – SIP protocol update – Full Text
“This paper describes an update version of the SIP protocol (Safe Insertion of PICCs), an insertion bundle which includes eight effective strategies that aims to minimize immediate, early, or late insertion-associated complications” Brescia et al (2022).
Continuous elastomeric infusion of vancomycin at home
“These findings show that a structured vOPAT program with rigorous follow-up provides safe and effective ambulatory treatment of patients with vancomycin in continuous infusion” Thijs et al (2022).
Patients who inject drugs using VADs – Full Text
“Our findings demonstrate a need for healthcare provider education and non-stigmatizing clinical interventions to reduce potential harms associated with VAD injecting” Brooks et al (2022).
DIVA in children with short bowel syndrome – Full Text
“We searched the literature to highlight the current management of children with vascular exhaustion, specifically focusing on vascular access salvage strategies and last-resource alternative routes to central veins” Grimaldi et al (2022).
Intravenous dressing overview – Full Text
“The Infusion Therapy Standards of Practice recommend that sterile transparent semipermeable dressings are replaced at least every 7 days (except for neonatal patients, in whom dressings changes should only take place on clinical indication), and sterile gauze at least every 2 days” Buetti et al (2022).
PICC for parenteral nutrition
“Placement of PICC by VAT compared with CVC for TPN reduces costs and may decrease the rate of bacteremia” Comas et al (2022).
RaSuVA – Neontal vein assessment
“Rapid Superficial Vein Assessment is meant to offer a systematic pre-procedural evaluation of all superficial veins of the newborn, so to allow a rational choice of the best insertion site, tailored on the single patient, and optimized for the specific type of venous access device” D’Andrea et al (2022).
Implantable port tip migration – Full Text
“Venous port migration to the systemic circulation occurs in less than 1% of complications. The aim of this study is to describe a case of TIVAP migration to the hepatic vein” Silveira et al (2022).
Prompt peripheral IV catheter removal
“Overall, 90% (n = 216) of staff responses (94% of nurses, 100% of nursing students, 76% of medical staff) correctly identified the presence/absence of a PIVC” Marsh et al (2022).
CLABSI and non-CLABSI complications in pediatric oncology patients
CLABSI and non-CLABSI complications in pediatric oncology patients Abstract: Objective: To assess central venous catheter (CVC) harm in pediatric oncology patients, we explored risks for