Needlestick review – Full Text
“Needlestick injuries came to the forefront of healthcare after the discovery of the HV in the early 1980s. Since the adoption of universal precautions, the number of needlestick injuries has greatly decreased but continues to occur, but the numbers are low” King and Strony (2022).
OPAT for emergency department patients – Full Text
“While both OPAT strategies are safe and far less costly than hospital admission, our findings suggest that a dedicated OPAT clinic for patients with cellulitis is more expensive than the return to ED strategy” Yadav 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).
CLABSI during neutropenia by CVAD type
“In this large, multicenter cohort of pediatric AML patients, we found no difference in the rate of BSI during neutropenia by CVAD type” Elgarten et al (2022).
IV flushing technique in pediatric patients
“The primary objective was to evaluate the effectiveness of a new standard flushing practice in the management of central venous access devices in pediatric patients with cancer” Omatsu et al (2022).
Ultrasound guided CVC insertion experience – Full Text
“US-guided right IJV cannulation has a learning curve, and procedures as many as 30 US-guided IJV cannulation need to be observed and performed under the guidance to achieve it” Nandy et al (2022).
Thrombophlebitis associated with vancomycin administration
“Continuous intravenous infusion of vancomycin should be preferably delivered by a central venous access, as largely recommended by current guidelines, since peripheral infusion is inevitably associated with venous thrombosis, independently from the type of peripheral venous access device adopted (short peripheral cannula vs long peripheral cannula) and from the extent of dilution” Scarano et al (2022).
Pediatric PICC length
“The level of the carina was correlated with the patient’s height. A simplified formula, 0.1 × height (cm) + 1, seemed to perform acceptably and appeared to be worth validating in future studies” Ota et al (2022).
Why peripheral IV catheter fail
“This study demonstrated that the incidence of PIVC failure in patients with hematological malignancies was unacceptably high” Shintani et al (2022).
Temocillin stability in elastomeric infusion devices
“To evaluate the stability of temocillin solution in two elastomeric infusion devices – Easypump II LT 270-27- S and Dosi-Fusor L25915-250D1 for OPAT administration during 14 days of 5°C±3°C fridge storage followed by 24 hour exposure at an in-use temperature of 32°C, when reconstituted with 0.3% citrate buffer at pH7” Sime et al (2022).
Ultrasound skills assessment checklist – Full Text
“We have developed a consensus-based, multispecialty POCUS checklist to evaluate skills in image acquisition and anatomy identification for basic cardiac, lung, abdominal, and vascular ultrasound, and PIV insertion” Soni et al (2022).
Prescribing subcutaneous infusions
“To assess the impact of electronically prescribed mixed-drug infusions on the prevalence and types of prescription errors and staff time” Hindmarsh and Holden (2022).
Central venous catheter fracture rates
“Catheter fracture with consequent migration has been observed in 0.5-3.0% and may either be consequent to catheter removal or it can occur spontaneously” Gazzanelli et al (2022).
Implantable port complications study – Full Text
“Port-A-Cath systems (PCS) are safe and convenient devices for long-term infusion in patients with malignant tumors. This study retrospectively analyzed the complications from PCS and their management” Li et al (2022).
Ultrasound assessment of existing peripheral IV – Full Text
“This study aimed to develop and validate a system that automatically measures blood vessel diameters on ultrasound images using artificial intelligence (AI) and provide recommendations for selecting an implantation site” Takahashi et al (2022).
Blood compatibility with central venous catheters – Full Text
“The objective of this study was to evaluate blood compatibility of six commonly used CVCs” Thorarinsdottir et al (2022).
Neonatal peripheral IV catheter securement – Full Text
“The Pēpi Splint safely secures PIVCs without adhesive dressings being applied to the skin and is acceptable to both parents and clinicians” Harris et al (2022).
Ultrasound-guided vascular access for COVID-19 – Full Text
“However, little is known about the utility and safety of using a peripheral ultrasound-guided vascular access device (UGVAD) at the bedside of hospitalized COVID-19 patients” Oleari et al (2022).
ECG PICC tip position – Full Text
“Current perspectives on intracavitary electrocardiography will also be discussed, to give the reader a global view of the management of electrocardiographically guided PICCs, especially in an environment without x-ray support” Gullo and Qanadli (2022).
Ultrasound guided peripheral IV access for DIVA patients – Full Text
“This study utilized a scoping review methodology to map the literature pertaining to non-physician use of POCUS to improve success of peripheral intravenous access (PIVA), especially in patients predicted to be difficult to cannulate” Burton et al (2022).
Central venous catheterisation insertion simulation workshop – Full Text
“The workshops appeared to improve the central venous catheterisation insertion skills of the residents” Hamid et al (2022).
Central venous catheter colonized by Pandoraea pnomenusa – Full Text
“To the best of our knowledge, this is the first isolation of a Pandoraea spp. in Portugal, which should raise awareness to the emergence of these opportunistic and multidrug-resistant microorganisms, and the importance of its prompt identification” Ramos Oliveira et al (2022).
Peripheral IV catheter related pressure injury – Full Text
“Skin MDRPIs were at the nose and caused by NG tube and hands by peripheral intravenous line and arms caused by blood pressure cuff” Saleh and Ibrahim (2022).
DIVA in paediatric intensive care
“We found a low success rate at first attempt and a high proportion of DVA. More nurses and time were employed during cannulation and complications increased if the patient had DVA” de la Vieja-Soriano et al (2022).
Relationship between CLABSI and PICC dwell time in neonates
“This article reviews the related studies between neonatal CLABSI and catheter dwell time, in order to plan the indwelling time more reasonably and prevent CLABSI better” Wang et al (2022).
HAI during the start of the COVID-19 pandemic – Full Text
“The objective of this study was to investigate the development of the most relevant device-associated HAI in German ICUs during the year 2020 as compared to 2019” Geffers et al (2022).
Supraclavicular central venous access
“The SC approach can be used as an alternative to the IC technique because of its low access time and high success rate. The SC approach should be more commonly used in day-to-day central venous cannulation” Nazir et al (2022).
Hemodialysis vascular access in elderly patients
“In this review we provide a comprehensive analysis on maturation rates, primary failure, patency, and mortality regarding vascular access in patients older than 75 years of age” Yan et al (2022).
Intraoperative extravasation and compartment syndrome
“A diagnosis of acute upper limb compartment syndrome secondary to extravasation exacerbated by metaraminol was made by the anaesthetist and surgeon” Ang et al (2022).
Peripheral intravenous catheter documentation
“Given the high rate of PIVC failure and its vast array of consequences, improvement of PIVC documentation of removal reasons is essential to better identify type and incidence of complications and help develop targeted solutions” Bahl et al (2022).
Intraosseous needle placement – Full Text
“Intraosseous (IO) access is critical in resuscitation, providing rapid access when peripheral vascular attempts fail. Unfortunately, misplacement commonly occurs, leading to possible fluid extravasation and tissue necrosis” Kyle et al (2022).
CVC impact on arteriovenous graft outcomes
“Ipsilateral central access appears to be associated with decreased functional patency of AVGs” Otoya et al (2022).
Ultrasound-guided IV access for medical students
“This study will help create elements within existing ultrasound curriculae that will enhance the confidence and ultrasound-performance skills of preclinical medical students” Li et al (2022).