Guide wire catheter exchange technique
“The novel extra-catheter guide wire technique was helpful for in situ exchange of dysfunctional tunneled central venous hemodialysis catheters, especially when the guide wire could not pass through the catheter lumen” Zhang et al (2022).
Tunneled hemodialysis catheter insertion – Full Text
“In this study, we identified determinants for tunneled HDC implantation time that might be relevant for patients and interventionists” Tampe et al (2022).
Midline catheter alternative to CVC
“This review of midline catheter studies evaluates the evidence regarding the substitution of a midline catheter for a central venous catheter” Hadaway and Mermel (2022).
HIV treatment options update
“As such, this article addresses the history of HIV, the evolution of effective HIV treatments, the current treatment options available, and treatments in clinical trials” Webb (2022).
CVC thrombosis risk in oncological patients – Full Text
“There are many different and various factors associated with higher or lower risk of CVC thrombotic complications, so it could be useful to test the recent risk scores to estimate thrombotic risk in oncological patients in clinical practice” Taglialatela et al (2022).
Alternative vascular access in chronic critically ill pediatric patients
“In the long-term follow-up, Dacron felt cuff tunneled catheters placed in the subcostal space with a transhepatic approach remained functional for a long time” Onan et al (2022).
Jugular vein dissection following central venous catheterization
“We report a rare case of CVC prior to cardiac surgery, complicated by internal jugular venous dissection” Bansal and Gambino (2022).
How to insert peripheral IV cannula
“It then undertook a research study to examine bedside practices with short peripheral catheters, which included direct observation at the bedside once weekly for 6 months” DeVries and Scott (2022).
Reducing central venous catheters in haemodialysis patients
“Using a root cause analysis based methodology to examine CVC use in haemodialysis is a novel approach to quality improvement in this area” Balson et al (2022).
Long-term home parenteral nutrition outcomes – Full Text
“Herein, we retrospectively analyse the long-term outcomes of a cohort of pediatric patients with CIF followed-up since our Pediatric Intestinal Failure Unit foundation, in 1989” Lezo et al (2022).
Predicting CLABSI
“A machine learning model can be used to predict 25% of patients with impending CLABSI with only 1.1/1,000 of these predictions being incorrect” Bonello et al (2022).
Infusion nurse role in antimicrobial stewardship
“The goal of this article is to explain why antimicrobials are worth caring for and preserving, as well as to define the role of the infusion nurse in the antimicrobial stewardship team” Linn and Jensen (2022).
IV fluid therapy in sepsis
“Future research should focus on determining the optimal volume of fluid during sepsis resuscitation, the effectiveness of measures of “fluid responsiveness” in improving outcomes, the optimal composition of crystalloid solutions, the role of albumin, and the effects of “deresuscitation” after septic shock” Seitz et al (2022).
Unnecessary peripheral IV catheters
“There seems to be a certain proportion of catheters cannulated unnecessarily in Ambulatory Emergency Care, which would justify the implementation of good practice programmes in the assessment and selection of vascular accesses” Ballesteros-Peña et al (2022).
Early PICC removal rates – Full Text
“Nearly one in five PICCs were removed within five days. Patients whose primary team was in an ICU and PICCs ordered on weekends were at independently higher risk of early removal” Shen et al (2022).
PICC associated UEDVT
“To observe the clinical effect of moxibustion combined with plucking technique at Jiquan (HT 1) for preventing peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC)-related venous thrombosis in the upper limbs of malignant tumor patients” Qiu et al (2022).
Medication safety for nurses
“Understanding direct care nurses’ attitudes, skills, and beliefs about medication safety practices provides a foundation for development of improvement strategies” Arkin et al (2022).
Intravenous medication errors
“This study aimed to determine intravenous medication preparation and administration errors, contributing factors, tendency towards making errors and knowledge level of emergency department healthcare workers” Arslan et al (2022).
Superficial femoral midline catheters
“The aim of this prospective study was to evaluate the performance and the potential complications of superficial femoral midline catheters (SFMC) inserted in the Superficial Femoral Vein by direct Seldinger technique” Gidaro et al (2022).
Catheter day reporting and CLABSI rates – Full Text
“Multidisciplinary and evidence-based interventions could lead to a decrease in the CLABSI rates. Moreover, the automatic notification of catheter days of the electronic medical healthcare system has shortened the time of indwelling CVC” Bae et al (2022).
PICC associated calcified thrombosis
“In this case report, we reviewed the clinical course of two neonates experiencing thrombus calcification” Shima et al (2022).
Peripheral IV catheter needle design
“The thin-tipped short bevel needle induced lower compressive deformation and displacement of the vein than the conventional needles. This needle has the potential to improve the first-attempt success rate of peripheral intravenous catheterization in patients with difficult venous access” Tanabe et al (2022).
Femoral tunnelled PICC – Full Text
“We describe the placement technique of femoral tunnelled PICC in a patient with SVC syndrome” Naik et al (2022).
Dual chamber elastomeric infusion pump – Full Text
“We showed the usefulness of dual chamber IV-PCA to change the flow rate related to pain feedback without any complications. Our results suggest a noble system that might improve existing IV-PCA equipment” Lee et al (2022).
Implantable ports in chemotherapy for children – Full Text
“The overall incidence of complications in the use of TIVAP in children with chemotherapy is high, and infection is the most common complication, among which catheter-related blood stream infection is the most common cause of unplanned pullout” Zhang et al (2022).
Intravenous access intelligent robot – Full Text
“Considering the vascular cross-sectional area and bending of each vein injection point area, the optimal injection point of the dorsal hand vein is obtained via a comprehensive decision-making process” Zhang et al (2022).
CLABSI rates South Africa – Full Text
“The incidence of CLABSI at the MICU at Universitas Academic Hospital is high. Urgent intervention with strict compliance to prevention bundles is required to reduce the high incidence of CLABSI” Glover et al (2022).
Needleless connector decontamination
“The findings indicated the need for targeted, standardised needleless connector education, to enhance staff confidence, improve consistency of care and ensure patient safety” Larsen et al (2022).
Infiltration and extravasation risk assessment tool
“The IIEART developed was found to be valid and reliable and can be used by health care personnel to predict pediatric patients at risk for intravenous infiltration and extravasation” Kaur et al (2022).
Rounding checklists and zero CLABSI rates – Full Text
“We sustained a rate of zero for CLABSI, CAUTI, and VAP during the 12-month period prior to, during, and post-intervention” Gardner et al (2022).
Platelet administration prior to PICC insertion
“Lowering the minimum platelet threshold from 50,000/µL to 10,000/µL resulted in less prophylactic platelet and total blood product administration with no appreciable difference in PICC insertion-related bleeding” Amirahmadi et al (2022).
Pain prevention during intravenous cannulation
“CoolSense was more efficacious in reducing the pain of intravenous cannulation than the EMLA cream. In the pediatric population, CoolSense appears to be a simple and rapid means of providing adequate analgesia for venous cannulation” Xess et al (2022).
Pinch off and catheter fracture
“Identify pinch off sign, especially with an upright check X-ray after chemoport placement. Consider repositioning of chemoport if pinch off sign is present” Lakshmi et al (2022).
Transillumination device for difficult peripheral IV access
“To compare the utility of transillumination device with traditional vein viewing in situations with difficult peripheral venous access in pediatric patients” Dutt et al (2022).
Community infusion service – Full Text
“An increasing number of drugs and blood products need to be delivered by intravenous infusion. In the Canterbury region of New Zealand, these have historically been delivered at a hospital site; however, some infusions could be delivered in a community setting without compromising patient safety” McGonigle et al (2022).
PICC and CLABSI reduction
“Our study confirmed that PICC was a superior alternative to CICC in preventing CLABSI in the adult hematology unit, while it posed a microbiological shift in local epidemiology” Nakaya et al (2022).
Needlestick among dental students
“Dental students had a high prevalence and low reporting rate of NSI exposure. Inadequate knowledge might increase the probability of NSI exposure” Huang et al (2022).
Peripheral IV catheter problem reduction – Full Text
“The 360° safe indwelling infusion program can significantly reduce the incidence of complications and adverse events, and improve the quality of the indwelling needle infusion” Niu et al (2022).
Subclavian artery injury during CVC placement – Full Text
“We report a case of a patient with complex medical history complicated by inadvertent right subclavian artery injury during central venous catheter insertion” Shiu (2022).
Neonatal PICC vascular injury – Full Text
“We investigated a case of a peripherally inserted central venous catheter associated with iliolumbar venous extravasation in an infant” Kurimoto et al (2022).
CLABSI reduction in pediatrics – Full Text
“Implementation of multiple interventions led to a successful reduction in the incidence of CLABSIs in our unit, with a sustained reduction over 1 year” Gauntt et al (2022).
Ultrasound-guided hemodialysis catheter tip positioning – Full Text
“This study investigated the efficacy of the RASS for US-guided tip positioning of antegrade-tunneled HDCs in patients with ESKD” Tampe et al (2022).
PICC inserted by interventional nephrologists – Full Text
“The results of our study showed high success and low complication rates for PICC insertion by nephrologists. These findings indicate that interventional nephrologists already skilled in other procedures can expand their field of activity and profit” Kim et al (2022).
Ultrasound guided peripheral IV insertion – Full Text
“We identified a number of implementation strategies to support future ultrasound and DIVA pathway implementation” Schults et al (2022).
OPAT in people who inject drugs – Full Text
“PWID have a range of antimicrobial delivery options that can be tailored in a patient-centred manner and thus are not limited to prolonged hospital admissions to receive intravenous antimicrobials for invasive infections” Attwood et al (2022).
Intraosseous access associated fat embolism – Full Text
“The results of our study seem to confirm that IIC can lead to PFE in a pediatric population and show that the PFE after IIC can be important (up to score 2 of Falzi)” Castiglioni et al (2022).
Hemothorax post implantable port insertion – Full Text
“We discuss possible causes of hemothorax in this patient and describe possible factors such as abnormal anatomy of vessels and body habitus contributing to this complication” Chacko et al (2022).
OPAT and inpatient-bed cost savings – Full Text
“These patients also had a total of 312 days of outpatient antibiotic therapy, which was an average of 21 days per patient. The total cost, if patients were admitted for those days, assuming a night cost £400, was £124,800, which was on average £8,320 per patient” Kwok et al (2022).
Upper arm peripheral IV catheter placement – Full Text
“The new peripheral intravenous catheter did not interrupt medical treatments as is common after placement, but safety administered the irritant drugs” Murayama et al (2022).
PICC line self care – Full Text
“It is more beneficial to promote patients’ self-nursing management ability, reduce anxiety, reduce the average cost of PICC pipeline maintenance, reduce the incidence of PICC-related complications, and enhance nursing satisfaction” Jiang et al (2022).
Intracavitary ECG implantable port placement – Full Text
“This indicated that the intracavitary ECG-guided tip positioning technique may improve the accuracy of tip catheter placement and shorten the operation time, thus reducing ionizing radiation caused by repeated positioning” Shi et al (2022).
IV complications and management – Full Text
“Even if the CVL utilization ratio is 70.1% of the patient-days in Europe, the decision of CVL insertion should be carefully balanced with the risk of complications” Timsit et al (2022).