Factors associated with needlestick injury risk – Full Text
“This study aimed to assess the prevalence of and factors associated with needle stick and sharps injuries (NSSIs) among health-care workers (HCWs) in a tertiary hospital in China” Li et al (2024).
Superior vena cava syndrome case study – Full Text
“Chylopericardium is a rare condition. Causes include superior vena cava syndrome resulting from indwelling catheters. We present a case of this condition in a 42-year-old man with end-stage renal disease treated with hemodialysis through a right subclavian vein catheter” Underberg et al (2024).
Reducing catheter-related bloodstream infections – Full Text
“This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of Lean Six Sigma in mitigating CRBSI risks among non-ICU hemodialysis patients” Feng et al (2024).
Impact of virtual reality pain and anxiety during implantable port placement – Full Text
“This monocentric randomized controlled pilot trial investigates the impact of virtual reality (VR) hypnosedation on perioperative anxiety, pain, patient satisfaction, and medication usage during port implantation under local anesthesia” Steinkraus et al (2024).
Tunnelled cuffed centrally inserted central catheter removal – Full Text
“There is little information available to guide best practice when removing this type of CVAD. At our institution, TC-CICCs are removed by using either the traction or dissection methods. This study will describe the outcomes associated with each technique” Borello et al (2024).
Novel implantable port insertion technique – Full Text
“The implantation of this CV-port device demonstrated comparable success and complication rates to conventional devices, with the added potential benefit of eliminating complications associated with the use of a peel-away sheath” Iguchi et al (2024).
Effectiveness of taurolidine antimicrobial catheter locks – Full Text
“Taurolidine lock treatment for children with central-line PN resulted in a substantial decrease in CRBSI episodes and related hospitalizations” Ling et al (2024).
Successful peripheral intravenous catheter placement – Full Text
“The primary objective of the present study was to examine the effect on venous dilation, procedure duration and pain severity of local heat, cold and vibration applications performed on the intervention area before peripheral intravenous catheterization in adults” Yılmaz and Yılmaz (2024).
Impact of sterile gloving during central line hub manipulation – Full Text
“To our knowledge, no study has reported compliance with wearing sterile gloves during these manipulations, nor the impact of not wearing sterile gloves on the cleanliness of the fingers of healthcare workers (HCWs) just before manipulating the connectors” Dos Santos et al (2024).
Vessel misidentification during CVC placement – Full Text
“Anesthesiologists should be aware of anatomical variations during IJV catheterization. Ultrasound with Doppler is crucial for accurate artery identification” Choi and Oh (2024).
Central line-associated bloodstream infection rates in children – Full Text
“Failure to adjust for patient factors, particularly acuity and complexity of disease, may miss clinically significant differences in CLABSI rates, and may lead to inaccurate interpretation of the impact of quality improvement efforts” Srinivasan et al (2024).
Review of OPAT with carbapenems – Full Text
“Parenteral carbapenems are effective, and well-tolerated OPAT treatment options; nonetheless, further studies are warranted to optimize the stability and/or dosing regimens of meropenem and enable its wider use” Wolie et al (2024).
CRBSI in hemodialysis patients – Full Text
“The incidence of CRBSI was found to be 0.78 episodes per 1,000 catheter-days. Acute hemodialysis catheter type and anemia were associated with increased risk for CRBSI, with a P-value less than 0.05” Bitunguramye et al (2024).
Manual administration of subcutaneous immunoglobulin – Full Text
“For infusion of Ig20Gly by manual administration, a syringe and butterfly needle are used; patients are advised to start infusion at 1-2 mL/min to prevent discomfort. Overall, manual administration of Ig20Gly offers an effective and well-tolerated alternative to administration by infusion pump” Grosse-Kreul et al (2024).
Use of tissue adhesive for neonatal intravenous access devices – Full Text
“There is a gap in the literature on the use of TA for securing vascular access devices in neonates, particularly regarding its safety and effectiveness in preventing failures and complications” Souza et al (2024).
Reducing PICC-related complications – Full Text
“Daily PICC assessment, particularly in patients with prolonged catheter use, PICC insertion into the brachial vein, or in postoperative care after cardiac surgery may significantly reduce CLABSI and CRT cases” Oviedo-Torres et al (2024).
Laboratory abnormalities found during OPAT – Full Text
“While laboratory abnormalities are frequently observed during OPAT, they rarely lead to discontinuation of OPAT. Specific patient, treatment and laboratory characteristics were associated with the occurrence of laboratory abnormalities” Stoorvogel et al (2024).
Reducing CVC duration in very low-birth-weight infants – Full Text
“The change from slow to fast enteral feeding progression for very low-birth-weight infants significantly decreased the central venous catheter duration with no adverse outcomes” Benguigui et al (2024).
Identifying work-related injuries among healthcare workers – Full Text
“HCWs face numerous daily hazards including needlestick injuries, chemical exposures, ergonomic strains, and psychological stressors crucial for their health and healthcare system functionality” Alqithami et al (2024).
Epinephrine route of administration in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
“This retrospective analysis of a national EMS database revealed that IO epinephrine was negatively associated with ROSC. Additionally, there appears to be a finite time window during which intravenous epinephrine remains superior to the intraosseous route even if there are brief initial delays in IV drug delivery” Hubble et al (2024).
Neonatal vascular access complications
“In this study, the prolonged dwell time and smaller sized catheter was found to be independent predictors of total complications and CLABSI, respectively. The independent predictive effects of postconceptional age and body weight should be addressed in larger studies as potential risk factors” Simsek et al (2024).
Central line bundle implementation study – Full Text
“The study emphasized the significance of training in enhancing understanding and adherence to central line bundling protocols in ICUs. Participants exhibited a high level of knowledge and commitment to recommended practices, indicating that this training can have a favorable effect on CLABSI rates” Singh et al (2024).
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Drug extravasation in cancer patients – Full Text
“This comprehensive review explores the pathophysiology, incidence, risk factors, clinical presentation, diagnosis, prevention strategies, management approaches, complications, and long-term effects of extravasation in cancer patients” Pham and Tsunoyama (2024).
Dynamic haptic robotic CVC insertion trainer – Full Text
“The Dynamic Haptic Robotic Trainer (DHRT) was developed to train residents in CVC as an improvement over manikin trainers, however, the DHRT and manikin trainer both only provide training on one specific portion of CVC, needle insertion. As such, CVC SBT would benefit from more comprehensive training” Tzamaras et al (2024).
Ultrasound-guided peripheral IV insertion education
“Education and hands-on skills sessions increased provider confidence in US use. While this project focused on educational training of CRNAs, this is applicable to all health care providers who are responsible for IV cannulation” Schellman et al (2024).
Efficacy of urokinase in maintaining patency of hemodialysis catheters
“Urokinase locking maintains catheter patency more effectively than heparin. Prophylactic locking with urokinase or urokinase mixtures reduces incidences of catheter malfunction, which ensures the smooth progression of hemodialysis and reduces patient medical costs” Deng et al (2024).
Intraosseous access for trauma patients in South Korea – Full Text
“IO access offers a viable alternative to IV access for the initial resuscitation in patients with trauma, providing advantages in terms of procedure time and first-attempt success rate” Kim et al (2024).
Saline push technique during peripheral IV catheter placement
“The pushing technique with saline is an effective method to increase the first attempt success rate, decrease the number of attempts, reduce the procedure time, and reduce the complications during peripheral intravenous catheter placement procedures in paediatric haematology and oncology patients with difficult intravenous access” Gürcan et al (2024).
Effect of silver nanoparticles against multi-drug resistant bacteria
“By accurately regulating the morphology, size and surface properties of AgNPs, the antibacterial properties of AgNPs can be effectively enhanced and become a next generation antibacterial material with great development potential” Xie (2024).
Umbilical venous catheter tip placement
Umbilical venous catheter tip placement Abstract: Objective: To implement a Point-of-Care-Ultrasound (POCUS) program into a large NICU to enhance care by improving (1) umbilical venous
Preoperative skin antisepsis randomized clinical trial
“Over 18 consecutive months, study sites were randomly assigned each month to either use povidone iodine or chlorhexidine gluconate, each formulated in alcohol. Disinfectants and skin application processes were standardized and followed published protocols” Widmer et al (2024).
Central venous catheter misplacement into pleural cavity – Full Text
“We report a clinical case of inadvertent placement of an internal jugular vein CVC into the right pleural cavity, despite employing clinical and imaging-based techniques to ensure proper catheter positioning” Costa Santos et al (2024).
Preventing catheter-related thrombosis in infants after cardiac surgery
“This study was to determine the effect of continuous UFH infusion on asymptomatic CRT at discharge in infants after cardiac surgery” Tan et al (2024).
Impact of central venous catheter coatings on CLABSI rates
“Nanotechnology has attracted interest recently as a viable method for creating new antimicrobial agents. By putting antibacterial nanomaterials onto the catheter’s appear, that may reduce the likelihood of getting sick by stopping germs from adhering and growing” Cao and Wang (2024).
Vascular access device evidence-based knowledge test – Full Text
“To develop and psychometrically test an instrument to assess nurses’ evidence-based knowledge and self-efficacy regarding insertion and management of venous access devices (short peripheral catheter (SPC), long peripheral catheter/midline (LPC) and PICC) and the management of totally implantable central venous catheter (Port) in adult patients” Piredda et al (2024).
OPAT efficacy and safety meta-analysis – Full Text
“This meta-analysis aimed to summarise the evidence available from randomised controlled trials (RCTs) regarding the efficacy and safety of OPAT compared to inpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy” Mohammed et al (2024).
PICC associated UEDVT related to ABO blood type – Full Text
“According to the results from our single center analysis, we found that myelosuppression, radiotherapy, hematologic tumor, and non-O blood type were independent risk factors for symptomatic PICC related thrombosis” Wu et al (2024).
Intraosseous site flow rate study – Full Text
“Within the limitations of an unpressurized cadaveric swine model, the present findings suggest that IO catheter tip placements need not be perfect to acquire high flow rates at low pressures, only accurate enough to avoid the dense cortical bone of zone 3” Gehrz et al (2024).
Efficacy of antimicrobial central venous catheters – Full Text
“In-vitro efficacy of chlorhexidine (CHX) and CHX/silver sulfadiazine-impregnated (CHX-S) antimicrobial central venous catheters (CVCs) against C. auris was investigated” Gupta et al (2024).
Multi-infusion IV drug delivery to premature neonates – Full Text
“Using the most proximal available infusion connection considerably improves drug delivery times and drug doses delivered, which is critical during the administration of short-acting cardiovascular medications” Krysiak et al (2024).
Scrubbing devices for needlefree connectors – Full Text
“In this quality improvement project, we aimed to enhance compliance with peripheral IV hub disinfection at anesthesia induction to follow the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) safe medication injection guidelines” Mohan et al (2024).
Management of peripheral venous catheter-related phlebitis – Full Text
“To determine the consensus and importance of care practices related to the management of peripheral venous catheter (PVC)-related phlebitis in hospitalized patients through the views of experts from different disciplines” Torné-Ruiz et al (2024).
Emergency department fast-track OPAT – Full Text
“The findings of this study support the hypothesis that ID involvement in OPAT programs leads to changes in care that may have beneficial outcomes for patients and the healthcare system” McSweeney et al (2024).
Incidence of catheter-related thrombosis in critically ill patients – Full Text
“In critically ill patients, prevalence and incidence of catheter-related thrombosis were high. Catheter-related thrombosis was not associated with catheter-related infections, but was associated with pulmonary embolism and a decreased mortality risk” Smit et al (2024).
Preventing MARSI at the implantable port needle site
“The prevention and management of MARSI that can occur around the needle insertion site of a chest wall implantable port in hospitalised patients with a tumour remain challenging issues. The aim of this study was to explore whether the incidence of MARSI could be reduced by changing the body position during dressing changes” Jiang and Yin (2024).
Peripheral intravenous catheter documentation study
“Study findings support that there was strong compliance with the Infusion Nurses Society’s (INS) Infusion Therapy Standards of Practice vascular access practice recommendations; however, opportunities to improve infiltration/phlebitis assessment and documentation exist” Smith et al (2024).
Impact of central venous catheter drawn blood cultures on patient management – Full Text
“Many episodes of positive catheter-drawn blood cultures with concomitant negative percutaneously-drawn cultures lead to growth from percutaneously-drawn follow-up blood cultures. Thus, such initial discordant results should not be disregarded. Our findings advocate for a nuanced approach to blood culture interpretation, emphasizing the value of catheter-drawn blood cultures in clinical decision making and management” Wales et al (2024).
Operational definition of peripheral IV catheter insertion success
“The Walker and Avant method enabled the operationalization of the concept of success of peripheral intravenous catheterization in children based on attributes, antecedents and consequents, and model and opposite cases” Santos et al (2024).
Impact of virtual reality glasses on peripheral IV insertion pain
“Utilization of VRG has been detected to reduce pain and anxiety felt during the PIC process in adult patients and increase process satisfaction. VRG, a non-pharmacological, non-invasive, inexpensive, and feasible nursing initiative, may be recommended for use in pain and anxiety control in patients undergoing PIC treatment” Güler et al (2024).
Improving short peripheral intravenous catheter outcomes
“The study objective was to use a theory-based implementation science approach to evaluate and improve short PIVC insertion and care processes and reduce removals for adverse outcomes in acute care” Hook et al (2024).
EDTA central catheter locking solution quality improvement study
“Before implementing 4% EDTA, there were 36 CLABSI cases in 16 months (27 annualized). After implementation, there were 6 cases in 6 months (12 annualized), showing a statistically significant decrease of 59% in CLABSIs per 1000 catheter days” Tremain et al (2024).
Vascular access specialist team systematic review – Full Text
“The objective is to compare the effectiveness of VASTs versus standard practice regarding cannulation success and vascular access maintenance in hospitalised adults” Fernandez-Fernandez et al (2024).