Board certification of central venous catheterization
“Board certification was associated with a significant reduction in surgery-associated complications during central venous catheterization” Sanmoto et al (2024).
Modelling of intramuscular injection site events – Full Text
“IM drug research is expanding what injectable therapeutics can achieve. However, post-injection events that influence PK outcomes remain poorly understood. Until addressed, advances in IM drug development will not realize their full potential” McCartan and Mrsny (2024).
Umbilical cord blood testing for hemostasis assays
Umbilical cord blood testing for hemostasis assays Abstract: Background: Umbilical cord blood is used for the testing of various parameters in newborns. However, data on
PICC dressing change alert development
“An interruptive alert to remind clinicians about a required peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) dressing change within the first 48-hours after placement resulted in 617 firings in a 6-month period with only 11 (1.7%) actions taken from the alert” Knake et al (2024).
CVC procedural performance using hand motion analysis – Full Text
“Eight radiology trainees performed central venous access on a phantom while recording video and hand motion data using an electromagnetic motion tracker. Each trainee performed the procedure six times: the first three trials without any prompts (control), while for the next three, they were asked to perform the task as fast as possible (time pressure)” Metrouh et al (2024).
IV or intraosseous vascular access patient outcomes – Full Text
“An IV-first approach, compared to humeral-IO, for intra-arrest resuscitation was associated with an improved odds of favorable neurological outcomes and survival to hospital discharge” Brebner et al (2024).
Impact of rounding checklists on patient outcomes – Full Text
“The primary outcome was in-hospital mortality. Secondary outcomes included ICU and 30-day mortality; hospital and ICU length of stay (LOS); duration of mechanical ventilation; and frequency of catheter-associated urinary tract infections, central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI), and ventilator-associated pneumonia” MacKinnon et al (2024).
Needlestick prevalence and risk factors – Full Text
“This study found that nearly half of the respondents experienced a sharp needle poke and injury at least once in the previous year; however, the volume of NSSI remains high in the study area” Aliyo and Gemechu (2024).
Totally implantable venous access port self-management – Full Text
“This study aimed to develop the Chinese version of the totally implantable venous access port (TIVAP) self-management behavior scale for patients with cancer to provide a reliable tool for medical staff to judge patients with TIVAP self-management behavior” Wu et al (2024).
Retained central venous catheter fragment in a patient – Full Text
“Mechanical issues, including fracture, are common complications of CVCs. Specifically, retained CVC fragments after attempted removal have been described in the literature in pediatric patients with prolonged use of CVCs, with incidence ranging from 0.3% to 2%.” Sierra Velez et al (2024).
Microbiological analysis of tunneled hemodialysis catheters – Full Text
“To compare the microbial communities inside hemodialysis catheters from symptomatic and asymptomatic patients to determine their differences” Sivaranjani et al (2024).
CLABSI in children with tunneled central venous catheters – Full Text
“CABSI is a serious complications related to tunnelled catheter. Smaller children (<4 years), neutropenia and usage of TPN is a risk factor for development of CABSI" Sahu et al (2024).
Bloodstream infections related to totally implantable ports – Full Text
“This study aimed to develop and validate a machine learning-based risk prediction model for catheter-related bloodstream infection (CRBSI) following implantation of totally implantable venous access ports (TIVAPs) in patients” Wang et al (2024).
CVC infection in a five year old child on long term parenteral nutrition – Full Text
“A five year old girl with life-long TPN dependence for short gut syndrome presented with two episodes of non-fatal Mucor indicus central line associated blood stream infection (CLABSI). Each episode occurred fifteen months apart, without any evidence of ongoing mould infection whilst off antifungal therapy in the intervening time period” Allen (2024).
Operation STICK improves vascular access outcomes
“Standardized education/training in vascular access focusing on best practices yields favorable outcomes for DIVA patients within an established specialty team” Gibson et al (2024).
Guidewire assisted central venous catheter replacement
“Patients with intestinal failure (IF) require long-term parenteral nutrition using central venous catheters (CVCs), which often require replacement. We adopted a less fallible guidewire replacement (GWR) method and verified its effectiveness and validity” Sakurai et al (2024).
Prevention of parenteral nutrition complications – Full Text
“In this review, we focus on potential metabolic and catheter-related complications associated with parenteral nutrition use” Al-Zubeidi et al (2024).
CLABSI and CRBSI systematic review
“CLABSIs and CRBSIs increase mortality risk and hospital LOSs. Few published studies accounted for the time-dependent nature of CLABSIs/CRBSIs, which can result in overestimation of excess hospital LOS” Elangovan et al (2024).
Placement of tunneled hemodialysis catheters
“This manuscript reviews the current standard in tHDC creation, patient selection and strategies to mitigate the risk of infectious complications and catheter thrombosis” Schröppel et al (2024).
Knowledge of intravenous fluid therapy – Full Text
“The study’s results indicate a worrying trajectory in nurses’ knowledge of intravenous therapy. These findings underscore the need for hospitals to establish comprehensive training programs for nurses to guarantee the provision of secure and efficient intravenous therapy” Tomas et al (2024).
Needlestick injury prevention module – Full Text
“This study aims to develop and validate the Needlestick Injury Prevention Module (N-SIP) using the ADDIE model (Florida State University, FL), which stands for Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation, to improve NSI-related knowledge and risk perception among House Officers (HOs) in healthcare settings” Mohd Kutubudin et al (2024).
Comparison of vancomycin and daptomycin cost in OPAT – Full Text
“We analyze health care utilization and cost to the health care system for vancomycin vs daptomycin in the outpatient setting and find that vancomycin results in significantly higher health care utilization and similar cost per course compared with daptomycin in OPAT” Streifel et al (2024).
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Proposal for the development of German central venous access guidelines
“In our opinion, the most needed recommendation for central venous access is to utilize ultrasound guidance, a practice that many international societies have already incorporated into their published national guidelines. In our view, it is time to implement a national guideline for central venous access using ultrasound in Germany” Armbruster et al (2024).
Mycobacterium senegalense CLABSI diagnosis and management
“Blood cultures from a permanent catheter and peripheral taken concurrently yielded Mycobacterium senegalense, identified by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionisation time-of-flight mass spectrometry, which established the diagnosis of CRBSI atypically presented with concurrent acute intracranial bleeding and cerebrovascular infarction at initial presentation” Badarol Hisham et al (2024).
Study of home antibiotic infusion therapy using elastomeric pumps – Full Text
“Outpatient antimicrobial therapy in elastomeric infusion pumps is an alternative in patients requiring prolonged intravenous treatment, and age is not a conditioning factor for inclusion in these programs” Ferro Rodríguez et al (2024).
Disinfection of needleless connectors with ultraviolet light – Full Text
“We demonstrated the efficacy of UV-C for the disinfection of NCs in one second using the UV-C device in benchtop studies” Fourkas et al (2024).
Needlestick injury prevalence – Full Text
“Needle stick injuries has a high prevalence among Iranian nurses, especially nurses working in teaching hospitals. Therefore, it seems necessary to use interventions to reduce it” Halimi et al (2024).
OPAT patient experience in Germany – Full Text
“Because OPAT has been used only sporadically in Germany so far, no structured results on patients’ experiences and concerns regarding OPAT have yet been available. This study therefore aims to explore the experiences of OPAT patients in a pilot region in Germany” Oberröhrmann et al (2024).
CVC insertion and hemorrhagic risk in leukemia patients – Full Text
“Our study suggested that CVCs did not increase the hemorrhagic risk in APL patients during induction therapy and that a CVC should be considered in this type of clinical situation” Cao et al (2024).
Basilic vein variation during arm port placement – Full Text
“Basilic vein variation usually presents without any clinical symptoms and is often regarded as a benign alteration. This case was a patient with congenital basilic vein variation encountered during surgery for an infusion port” Hu et al (2024).
Biofilm formation in hemodialysis patients – Full Text
“These insights contribute to a better understanding of the molecular characteristics associated with Staphylococcus aureus, infections in hemodialysis patients and provided more targeted and effective treatment approaches” Lai et al (2024).
Central venous catheter maintenance – quality improvement project – Full Text
“The i-PARIHS framework is an effective tool for developing targeted, evidence-based improvement strategies and applying these to the clinical setting. The quality of the nurses’ clinical practice improved during CVC maintenance” Wang et al (2024).
PICC-related infection risk factors – Full Text
“PICC-related infections are associated with factors such as age >60 years, catheter movement, catheter maintenance cycle, insertion technique, immune function, complications, and body temperature ≥37.2 °C before PICC placement” Li et al (2024).
Dalbavancin as an OPAT alternative – Full Text
“Dalbavancin is an efficacious and safe alternative to standard OPAT, especially in those with barriers to traditional long-term intravenous antibiotics” Bao et al (2024).
Risk factors of central catheter bloodstream infections in ICU – Full Text
“Effective interventions targeting the above modifiable factors may reduce the risk of developing CRBSI in ICU and improve the clinical outcome of patients. Further prospective studies are needed to confirm these findings” Huang et al (2024).
Midline catheter use in outpatient pain management – Full Text
“The person whose case is described below had poor peripheral veins. He intravenously received lidocaine for 10 days via a midline catheter with a good response” Olczyk-Miiller et al (2024).
Combination systemic and catheter lock-therapy – Full Text
“The study demonstrates that combining systemic and lock therapies with micafungin effectively eradicates catheter-based biofilms and infections caused by C. albicans or C. parapsilosis, particularly in persistently neutropenic conditions, offering promising implications for managing vascular catheter-related candidemia and providing clinical benefits in cases where catheter removal is not feasible” Petraitiene et al (2024).
Adherence to neonatal parenteral nutrition guidelines – Full Text
“While guidelines provide recommended ranges for parenteral nutrition (PN) intakes, they generally recommend enteral nutrition as soon as possible. Thus, in clinical practice, gradually increasing EN intakes complicates assessments of PN guideline adherence” Nguyen et al (2024).
Organising intravenous antibiotic therapy at home – Full Text
“The UK’s recommendations can serve as a good starting point. A national standard for outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy should be utilised in combination with local teams that follow up patients” Fjeld and Vukovic (2024).
PICC-related thrombosis in solid neoplasm patients – Full Text
“This study aims to assess the effectiveness of ultrasound-guided management in detecting and treating asymptomatic CRT in cancer patients with PICC” Cominacini et al (2024).
Pharmacist role in OPAT – Full Text
“The TOC pharmacists can play a key role in the evaluation of OPAT prescriptions at hospital discharge. This intervention demonstrated how TOC pharmacists can effectively collaborate with the OPAT team, which builds on prior evidence of the role and value of pharmacists in the transitional care setting” Stashluk et al (2024).
Interventions to manage occluded central venous access devices – Full Text
“This umbrella review concluded that education enhances patient outcomes and decreases occlusion rates. Further studies are required to explore occlusion reduction strategies in relation to flushing and locking” Elliott et al (2024).
Iatrogenic anaemia prevention – Blood-sparing techniques in ICU – Full Text
“In this regard, within patient blood management bundles, with the objective of minimizing the use of blood products, it is recommended to use blood-sparing techniques: small volume tubes (SVT) or closed-blood sampling devices (CBSD)” Raurell-Torredà et al (2024).
Ultrasound-guided CICC placement in newborns – Full Text
“We planned a training program for neonatologists for ultrasound-guided CICCs placement at our level III neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) in Modena, Italy” Zini et al (2024).
CLABSI prevention survey
“Most US hospitals continue to use evidence-based methods to prevent CLABSI as recommended by leading organizations. Opportunities to focus on socio-adaptive interventions such as feedback of infection rates, use of appropriateness criteria for CVC placement, and improving the “culture of pan-culturing” remain” Pisney et al (2024).
Needleless connector flow rates
“In this study we utilised a rapid infuser to deliver room-temperature normal saline through two introducer sheath configurations with and without the addition of needleless connectors and the placement of catheters through the introducer sheaths” Smeltz et al (2024).
Arterial catheterization clinical outcomes – Full Text
“We aimed to determine the incidence of abnormal duplex vascular ultrasound and catheter related infections following perioperative arterial catheterization” Eley et al (2024).
PICC and CVC complication rates comparison
“Patients who received CVCs or PICCs between April 2010 and March 2018 were identified from the Diagnosis Procedure Combination database, a national inpatient database in Japan” Takahashi et al (2024).
Intravenous iron infusions in pediatric patients
“This single-institution retrospective chart review was conducted to assess the safety, efficacy, and adherence of intravenous (IV) iron infusions compared to oral iron in pediatric patients who had failed a trial of oral iron supplementation” Strachan et al (2024).
Intraosseous access in trauma patients – Full Text
“While intravenous access has traditionally been considered the primary method for vascular access, intraosseous (IO) access is gaining popularity as an alternative for patients with unsuccessful attempts” Qasim and Joseph (2024).
Treatment of UEDVT using apixaban – Full Text
“After 66 days of oral apixaban, the thrombus completely dissolved, the CV catheter was removed, and no recurrence was observed for 8.5 months” Matsunaga et al (2024).
Microparticle release during continuous renal replacement therapy – Full Text
“Particle infusion and related damage must be counted among the pathophysiological mechanisms supporting iatrogenic damage due to artificial cross-talk between organs during CRRT applied to critically ill patients. This damage can be reduced by using in-line filters in the extracorporeal circuit” Ruffa et al (2024).