The One Million Global Catheters PIVC worldwide prevalence study
“It is estimated that approximately half the number of all patients admitted to hospital require the insertion of an intravenous cannula into a peripheral vein, for the administration of intravenous fluids, medications and blood products” Alexandrou (2014).
Paediatric ICU nurses: preventing central venous device infections
“Paediatric intensive care unit (ICU) nurses are responsible for the management of children vulnerable to developing healthcare-associated infections, specifically central venous access device (CVAD)-associated infections” Ullman et al (2014).
Evidence into practice: a look at epic 3 in IV therapy nursing
“Guidelines exist for a purpose. At a simplistic level, they provide an evidence base capable of being adapted with a view to being adopted across a number of levels to make people do something” Storr and Hallam (2014).
Nurse-led line insertion and management in renal access
“Wilfredo Manuel is this year’s BJN IV Therapy Nurse of the Year. Here, he shares his award-winning implementation of a nurse-led CVC line insertion and management service in renal access” Manuel (2014).
Development of community intravenous therapy (IV) services
“In many areas of the UK, community nurses are trained to administer IV therapy and care for vascular access devices (VADs)” Kayley (2014).
Patients with multiple central venous catheters are at 6.2 times higher risk of thrombosis
“Patients with multiple CVLs are at 6.2 times higher risk of developing thrombosis compared with those with a single CVL” Altassan et al (2014).
Standards and recommendations for the assessment, treatment, and prevention of skin tears
“This article discusses standards and recommendations for the assessment, treatment, and prevention of skin tears developed by the International Skin Tear Advisory Panel (ISTAP) based on extensive literature reviews, international input from healthcare professionals, and expert opinion” LeBlanc and Baranoski (2014).
Case study of superior vena cava syndrome in an oncology patient
“After one week of therapy, he was transferred to the intensive care unit with cardiopulmonary compromise related to superior vena cava (SVC) syndrome” Dee et al (2014).
Framework for implementation, education, research and clinical use of ultrasound
“The recommendations describes what DASEM believes as being current best practice for training, certification, maintenance of acquired competencies, quality assurance, collaboration and research in the field of clinical US used in an ED” Laursen et al (2014).
Trends in healthcare-associated bloodstream infections in a neonatal intensive care unit
“A decrease in days before infection and a high incidence of coagulase-negative Staphylococcus HABSIs indicate the need for vigorous application of evidence-based prevention initiatives, in particular for catheter care” Verstraete et al (2014).
Review of assessment tools for patients at nutrition risk in the ICU
“Traditional screening and assessment tools did not uniformly identify patients as malnourished or at nutrition risk in the ICU and therefore may be inappropriate for use in this population” Coltman et al (2014).
New U.S. national estimate reveals 322,000 healthcare professionals sustain sharps injuries annually
“In 2012 The Association of Occupational Health Professionals in Healthcare (AOHP) commissioned a new Exposure Study of Occupational Practice (EXPO-S.T.O.P.) among its members to establish a nationally representative BE database and benchmark resource” Grimmond and Good (2013).
Needlestick rate may be due to non-activation of safety engineered devices
“More than half of SI from SED are due to non-activation of devices, and monitoring of activations is recommended. This paper outlines the findings of a sharps container (SC) contents audit conducted in Florida in September 2013” Grimmond (2014).
Self-administration of intravenous antibiotic therapy in an OPAT service
“Overall retention of training was excellent, and this supports earlier reports that patient-administered outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy is as safe as nurse-administered therapy” Eaves et al (2014).
