Point-of-care ultrasound for vascular access in neonates and children
“Recent evidence suggests that ultrasound is useful for many purposes in the field of vascular access (preprocedural scan, ultrasound-guided puncture, tip navigation, tip location, diagnosis of most non-infective complications)” Pittiruti et al (2023).
Short-term peripheral IV catheter infection risk
“Greater PVC size may increase the risk of PVC-associated BSI. Diameter size should be considered when selecting PVCs to reduce the burden of PVC-associated BSI” Faltoni et al (2023).
Lost central venous catheter guidewire – Full Text and Video
“A right internal jugular central venous catheter (CVC) placed under ultrasound guidance in the intensive care unit was complicated by a lost guidewire during skin dilation” Devanand et al (2023).
CHG IV dressing for tunneled dialysis catheters
“Growing evidence supports using chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG) dressings to prevent catheter-related bloodstream infections in patients with short-term central venous catheters” Harward et al (2023).
Effect of Valsalva maneuver on jugular venous diameter
“This pilot study reveals the variations in JV diameter in response to VM intervention in young and middle-aged groups which has potential utility in assessing age dependent changes in vasculature” George et al (2023).
Infusion pump procurement process in Spain – Full Text
“A review of the procurement teams responsible for the evaluation of the tenders showed no reported human factors or patient safety expertise. We conclude that infusion pump procurement considers usability as a relevant criterion for selection” Herrero et al (2023).
Ethanol lock for CLABSI prevention in pediatric patients – Full Text
“Ethanol lock therapy is effective in preventing infection related to central venous catheter use in pediatric patients. Further study is warranted to determine the optimal protocol for, and incidence of, adverse events related to use of ELT” Sierra et al (2023).
Elastomeric pump drug stability study – Full Text
“Our objective was to investigate the stability of nine antipseudomonal and broad-spectrum beta lactam antibiotics (aztreonam, cefepime, cefiderocol, ceftazidime, ceftazidime/avibactam, ceftolozane/tazobactam, meropenem, meropenem/vaborbactam, and piperacillin/tazobactam) to allow the spread of OPAT programs” Fernández-Rubio et al (2023).
Peripheral IV catheter failure systematic review – Full Text
“Substantial and systemwide efforts are needed to address peripheral intravenous catheter infection and failure and the sequelae of treatment disruption, increased health costs and poor patient outcomes” Marsh et al (2023).
Retrieval of damaged umbilical vein catheter – Full Text
“Here, we describe a case of a broken umbilical vein catheter and the surgical retrieval of the retained fragment. We also present a thorough literature search of cases of broken umbilical catheters and the method by which they were removed” Jensen Rahbek et al (2023).
Peripheral IV access in chemotherapy patients
“We retrospectively evaluated patients undergoing systemic chemotherapy for TC and compared baseline characteristics and complications of patients using pIV versus CVADs” Wiesen et al (2023).
Improving knowledge and skills of implantable port patients
“The main objective of the study was to assess the impact of a pharmaceutical interview on patients’ knowledge and skills for patients with TIVAP” Nizet et al (2023).
OPAT worldwide survey – Full Text
“In this first worldwide survey on OPAT, we explored the current OPAT services around the world, adherence to recommendations and identified best practices and challenges from different perspectives” Hassanzai et al (2023).
CVC repair in home parenteral nutrition patients
“This is the largest single-centre experience to demonstrate that CVCs, including PICCs, used for the administration of HPS, can be safely repaired prolonging CVC longevity without leading to an increased risk of CRBSI” Bond et al (2023).
Single and double lumen port CLABSI risk
“Double-lumen ports were associated with a higher risk of port infection compared to single-lumen ports in adult oncologic patients” She and Kobayashi (2023).
PICC associated infection treatment case study – Full Text
“We report a novel case of T. bernardiae bacteremia in a paraplegic patient due to a peripherally inserted central catheter- (PICC-) associated infection that was treated successfully with piperacillin/tazobactam” Chapman and Nichols (2023).
Predicting peripheral IV catheter complications – Full Text
“The risk prediction model has good predictive performance, and the nomogram provides an easy-to-use visualization to identify the severity of PIVC complications and guide timely nursing care management” Zhang et al (2023).
CLABSI biofilm growth dynamics – Full Text
“Our findings could explain why early dissemination of cells in C. albicans and S. aureus prevents us from confirming or ruling out the catheter as the source of the bloodstream infection using the cut-off of 120 minutes in the DTTP technique” Díaz-Navarro et al (2023).
Simulation training of central venous catheter insertion – Full Text
“Central venous catheter (CVC) insertion using simulation is an essential skill for anesthesiologists. Simulation training is an effective mean to master this skill” Benhamou et al (2023).
Umbilical vein catheter complication – Full Text
“The most common cause of pericardial effusion (PCE) is the placement of a central venous catheter (CVC), a widely used procedure in neonatal intensive care unit to support premature infants” Hasbini et al (2023).
Central venous catheter repair – Full Text
“Tunneled CVC procedural repair variability can be standardized with a dedicated educational curriculum for rotating trainees, which improves knowledge and comfort with such procedures” Reppucci et al (2023).
Ultrasound neonatal PICC tip identification – Full Text
“This study aims to prospectively investigate the clinical usefulness, accuracy, and complications of POCUS in assessing PICC tip position in neonates” Lin et al (2023).
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Landmark-guided CVAD insertion in low-resource settings
“Here, we report our experience with the reliability and consistency of anatomic landmark-guided technique for Central Venous Access Device (CVAD) insertion in a low-resource setting” Kaul et al (2023).
Platelet transfusion before CVC placement
“Transfusion guidelines regarding platelet-count thresholds before the placement of a central venous catheter (CVC) offer conflicting recommendations because of a lack of good-quality evidence. The routine use of ultrasound guidance has decreased CVC-related bleeding complications” van Baarle et al (2023).
Intravenous drug errors in critically ill patients
“The study reported high frequency of IV medications preparation and administration errors. Nurse education level, and experiences were influenced the total errors” Hamadalneel et al (2023).
Development of the Infection Prevention Appraisal Scale – Full Text
“The Infection Prevention Appraisal Scale demonstrates sound psychometric properties supporting a unidimensional measure of self-efficacy to medical asepsis in care situations” Lindberg and Lindberg (2023).
All cause hospital-onset bacteremia reporting metric
“If the HOB metric were to be used in lieu of CLABSI, large tertiary care health systems that house sicker patients may be unfairly financially penalized for caring for more medically complex patients” Stack et al (2023).
Probiotic-associated central venous catheter bloodstream infection
“In ICU patients with central venous catheters, the risks of probiotic-associated central venous catheter bloodstream infection and death outweigh any potential benefits of probiotic administration” Mayer et al (2023).
Disinfection of ultrasound transducers used on skin – Full Text
“This study compared the effectiveness of LLD to HLD on US transducers contaminated with microorganisms from skin” Peters et al (2023).
Risk prediction model for PICC-related venous thrombosis – Full Text
“The independent risk factors for PICC-related venous thrombosis are screened out, including catheter tip position, plasma D-dimer elevation, venous compression, history of thrombosis and history of PICC/CVC catheterization, and a nomogram prediction model with good effect is constructed to predict the risk of PICC-related venous thrombosis” Chen et al (2023).
Quality improvement initiative to reduce NICU CLABSI rates – Full Text
“Reducing CLABSI rate is necessary to improving newborn quality of care and outcome. Our bundles were successful in drastically reducing and sustaining a low CLABSI rate. It was even successful in achieving a zero CLABSI unit for 2 years” Al Bizri et al (2023).
Minimally invasive capillary blood sampling – Full Text
“We expect that microneedles will prove to be a preferred option for paediatric blood collection. The ability of microneedles to collect a capillary blood sample without pain will improve paediatric healthcare outcomes” Hoffman et al (2023).
End-of-life care preferences of the Asian elderly – Full Text
“Regardless of scenario, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) had the lowest score, indicating that older adults considered it a less desirable medical treatment. By contrast, antibiotics and intravenous infusions had the highest scores, indicating that older adults tended to prefer them” Ke et al (2023).
First-dose antimicrobial reactions in OPAT patients – Full Text
“These findings suggest it would be reasonable to forgo monitoring for most patients receiving first-dose intravenous antimicrobials outpatient” Kovacik et al (2023).
Economic burden of CRBSI – Full Text
“The medical costs of ICU patients were closely related to the incidence of CRBSI. Imperative measures are needed to reduce CRBSI in ICU patients” Zhang et al (2023).
Outpatient intravenous diuresis review – Full Text
“OP IV diuresis appears safe and effective for rural HF patients, potentially decreasing mortality rates and healthcare expenses while mitigating rural-urban disparities” Pathangey et al (2023).
Pain during PICC insertion in preterm infants – Full Text
“To evaluate whether warm povidone-iodine (PI) application before peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) placement eased pain related to the procedure in premature infants and reduced the duration of the procedure and the number of attempts” Yavanoglu Atay et al (2023).
Study finds that nearly fifty percent of nurses experience needlestick injuries – Full Text
“Furthermore, nurses were found to be the highest at-risk category of HCWs experiencing NSIs (49.9%), while medical waste handlers (1.5%) and dentists (1.3%) were least likely to incur injuries” Alshehri et al (2023).
Near-infrared devices for peripheral IV access literature review
“This systematic review aimed to investigate and critically evaluate the impact of NIR devices on the number of attempts and the time of the catheterization procedure in pediatric patients from 2015-2022” Anazi et al (2023).
Effect of aromatherapy on pain due to peripheral IV catheter insertion
“The study determined that rose oil aromatherapy and hand-holding interventions reduce pain during PIVC. However, rose oil aromatherapy was more effective on pain than the hand-holding intervention” Basak et al (2023).
The facts about ultrasound-guided peripheral IV catheter placement – Full Text
“Peripheral intravenous catheters are commonly placed in the emergency department, with up to 10% of patients being considered to have difficult vascular access via the landmark-based approach” Gottlieb et al (2023).
Switching drug administration route and waste management
“The change from intravenous to oral route of antimicrobials is safe for the patient, economically effective, and significantly reduces waste generation” Hermes et al (2023).
Mucosal barrier injury BSI in patients with single-lumen CVC
“Our data indicates that twice as many primary BSIs in ILE PN patients are due to mucosal barrier injuries than CVADs” Gavin et al (2023).
Potassium chloride-induced phlebitis due to malpositioned CVC – Full Text
“We present a case of potassium chloride-induced phlebitis with severe, burning, left-sided chest pain when infused via a malpositioned central venous catheter” Camp et al (2023).
CRBSI treatment with Dalbavancin – Full Text
“Our results indicate that single-dose dalbavancin is highly effective, well-tolerated, and cost-saving for Gram-positive CRBSI” Venturini et al (2023).
Improving difficult peripheral intravenous access research protocol – Full Text
“Study findings will help define systematic solutions to implement DIVA identification and escalation tools aiming to address consumer dissatisfaction with current PIVC insertion practices” Schults et al (2023).
Avoiding incompatible drug administration in central-venous catheters – Full Text
“In a critical care setting, we aimed to identify and solve physico-chemical drug incompatibilities in central-venous catheters considering the staffs’ knowledge and assumptions about incompatibilities” Wagner et al (2023).
Central venous catheter related pulmonary embolism in an infant – Full Text
“We reported an infant who suffered from huge lumen-like pulmonary embolism with possible origin from thrombi around the prolonged indwelling central venous catheter” Wu et al (2023).
CLABSI rates after implementation of daily antiseptic bathing – Full Text
“In this post-hoc analysis of a cRCT, the application of 2% chlorhexidine-impregnated cloths reduced ICU-attributable CLABSI. This preventive effect of chlorhexidine was restricted to CLABSI caused by gram-positive pathogens (CoNS). In contrast, 0.08% octenidine wash mitts did not reduce CLABSI rates in ICUs” Denkel et al (2023).
Comparison of PICC and implantable port complication rates – Full Text
“While PORTs had a higher rate of periprocedural complications (2.7% vs 1.1%, P < .05), PICCs overall complication rate exceeded PORTs within 3 days from implantation" Rieger et al (2023).
Implantable port catheter tip migration – Full Text
“We present a case of a 70-year-old man of TIVAP dysfunction due to a rare catheter extra-vascular migration into the pleural space, diagnosed by computed tomography” Wong et al (2023).
Impact of needle angle on AV fistula cannulation – Full Text
“In this paper, we introduce three kinds of metrics that quantify needle insertion angle – recognized as important for safe and effective cannulation – during cannulation on an instrumented simulator for skill assessment” Zhang et al (2023).