CLABSI rate reduction project – Full Text
“Improvement projects to reduce central line-associated bloodstream infections face challenges and complexities associated with implementing interventions in real-world healthcare settings” Odada et al (2023).
CLABSI rates associated with silver containing implantable ports – Full Text
“This study aimed to investigate the efficacy of this device in reducing port infection by examining groups with and without silver-mixed devices” Suzuki et al (2023).
Retrieval of stuck implantable port catheter – Full Text
“We present our experience with a technique using the Bard Denali inferior vena cava filter retrieval kit to remove a stuck or fractured chemoport catheter through a single vascular access” Jain et al (2023).
Vascular access excellence initiative
“The vascular access excellence initiative implemented provided an effective strategy to enhance the skills and confidence of nurses in VAD placement and improved efficiency in processes to expedite the arrival of an advanced skilled nurse to place VADs on DIVA” Campos et al (2023).
Skin antisepsis product review
“Skin antiseptics are used for several purposes before surgical procedures, for bathing high-risk patients as a means of reducing central line-associated infections and other health care associated infections” Boyce (2023).
Timely intravenous fluid administration in sepsis – Full Text
“This is the first Delphi study identifying consensus on facilitators, barriers, and strategies to specifically improve intravenous fluid administration in sepsis in Australia” Kabil et al (2023).
Guide to cannulation in adults
“This article provides clinical guidance on performing cannulation on an adult. The site, equipment selection and aseptic non-touch technique will be discussed” Ford (2023).
Central catheter hub contamination prevention
“Contamination of catheter hubs is a common cause of CLABSI. A novel, transparent line guard protects CVAD hubs from gross contamination” Doellman (2023).
Longer length peripheral IV catheters in sickle cell treatment
“In this article, the author reports on a new pathway with a longer-length peripheral intravenous catheter that reduces the nursing time burden during line insertion, requires less equipment and, crucially, results in a less painful procedure for patients” Moreta (2023).
Smart infusion pumps in the neonatal intensive care unit
“Most errors occurred due to a lack of compliance of using smart pump technology; therefore, potential exists to maximize safety related to medication administration practices in the NICU through hospital policy change and increasing adherence to appropriate use of smart pump technology” Schnock et al (2023).
Intravenous drug preparation and administration study – Full Text
“This study aimed to determine the level of knowledge and performance of nurses in terms of preparation and injection of intravenous drugs in pediatric wards of hospitals affiliated to Isfahan University of Medical Sciences” Shahzeydi et al (2023).
Vascular access peal-away-sheath embolisation
“This case report describes a rare complication of chemotherapy port placement, specifically peel away sheath embolisation, and its successful endovascular removal using snaring techniques” Tayebi and Ziaie (2023).
Blood culture collection in adults
“We investigated the impact of a multimodal intervention to improve the compliance of BC collections as a composite outcome, taking into account both blood volume collected and absence of solitary BC” Merien et al (2023).
Preventing peripheral intravenous catheter failure – Full Text
“We aimed to provide an international consensus on relevance and feasibility of clinical practice guideline recommendations to reduce PIVC failure” Blanco-Mavillard et al (2023).
Arm port placement study in cancer patients – Full Text
“Currently, skinfold thickness in studies on arm venous access ports and the effect of venous access port application are unknown” Liu et al (2023).
Infrared vein visualization study – Full Text
“The primary aim of this study was to compare the efficacy of IR vein visualization to the standard cannulation technique for obtaining peripheral IV access in infant and toddler populations” Fehr et al (2023).
Infusion container leakage rates investigated – Full Text
“Based on real-world study data on the leakage of upright polypropylene infusion bags and non-PVC infusion bags in multicenter PIVAS, it can be concluded that the leakage rates of upright polypropylene infusion bags are significantly lower than those of non-PVC infusion bags in PIVAS” Yin et al (2023).
Hemodialysis CLABSI rates in resource limited settings – Full Text
“In resource limited settings, where risk of complications could be higher and waiting period for transplantation longer, catheter survival determines patient survival. This study was conducted to determine infection free catheter survival rates, incidence of catheter failure and associated risk factors” Prakash et al (2023).
IV therapy waste and recycling rate study – Full Text
“Per patient bed space per 12-h shift there was recycling of less than 40% paper, glass, intravenous fluid bags, medication cups and metal instruments. A median of 10 gowns (IQR 3-19.5), 10 syringes (4.5-18) and gloves 30 (18-49) were disposed of per bed space, per 12-h shift” Anstey et al (2023).
Extended dwell cannula in pediatric intensive care – Full Text
“For such cases, an extended dwell catheter may be a better option, even if the projected treatment time is less than 6 days” Armstrong et al (2023).
CLABSI following use of contaminated chlorhexidine solution – Full Text
“This result identified the culprit as being the contamination of the 4% chlorhexidine solution. The competent authorities were notified, and the disinfection method was changed to use a chlorhexidine alcohol-based solution” Gomes Cochicho et al (2023).
Needlestick rates in an oncology setting – Full Text
“To assess the prevalence of needlestick and sharps injuries (NSSIs) and associated factors among healthcare workers (HCWs) at King Hussein Cancer Centre (KHCC), Amman, Jordan” Mubarak et al (2023).
Vascular Access and IV Therapy Resource
Peripheral parenteral nutrition systematic review
“Peripheral parenteral nutrition (PPN) refers to the delivery of artificial nutrition via a peripheral intravenous cannula. As a nutritional intervention it remains under-utilised in peri-operative care” Khan et al (2023).
Blood culture pre-analytical quality – Full Text
“Our results indicate critical pre-analytical quality markers linked to BC collection procedures to reach recommended collection volumes” Romann et al (2023).
Medical device-related pressure injuries – Full Text
“The stages of pressure injury stages were more for vascular access devices than for respiratory devices” Jung et al (2023).
CVC perforates superior vena cava – Full Text
“In this study, we report a case of an elderly female patient with AKI who underwent RIJV puncture for long-term HDC because her renal function had not recovered in the short term, and the lower end of the catheter penetrated the superior vena cava (SVC) into the mediastinum due to operator’s carelessness” Li et al (2023).
Systematic review of peripheral IV catheter studies – Full Text
“The aim of this study was to critically evaluate implementation frameworks, strategies and/or outcomes used to optimise peripheral intravenous catheter (PIVC) care and/or promote guideline adherence” Xu et al (2023).
Central venous access devices in children with hemophilia – Full Text
“To report the perioperative management experience of central venous access devices (CVAD) in Chinese children with severe hemophilia A (SHA) in China” Xu et al (2023).
Ultrasound-guided phlebotomy for people who inject drugs – Full Text
“Offering ultrasound-guided phlebotomy for PWID with difficult venous access resulted in decreased access attempts, increased patient satisfaction, and expedited screening and treatment for HIV and HCV point-of-care ultrasound technology is an effective approach to improving care for persons who inject drugs” Huyck et al (2023).
Living with upper arm infusion ports – Full Text
“The infusion port in the upper arm is beneficial to the safety and quality of life of patients with cancer. At the same time, there are challenges in physical, psychological and social adaptation” Wang et al (2023).
CLABSI risk factors – Systematic review – Full Text
“We aimed to perform a systematic review and meta-analysis to synthesize and establish the risk factors predisposing to CLABSI reported in the literature” Lafuente Cabrero et al (2023).
PICC complications in very low-birth-weight infants – Full Text
“We retrospectively evaluated non-elective removals of the first thin (1-2F) umbilical vein catheters (tUVCs (n = 92)) and peripherally inserted central venous catheters (PICCs (n = 103)) among 195 VLBW infants” Salonen et al (2023).
Central line home care proficiency – Full Text
“An approach centered on caregivers as main stakeholders can identify drivers to co-design an intervention for improved home CL care delivery. A standardized process to train and evaluate caregivers with multiple hands-on opportunities might be beneficial” Wong et al (2023).
Nudge improves single-lumen PICC use
“We successfully increased single-lumen PICC utilization across all 11 safety net hospitals. This expands on previous work on improving single-lumen PICC use and use of default nudges in large, resource-limited settings” Alaiev et al (2023).
Blood culture procedures in neonatal intensive care units
“Most NICUs did not have a procedural competency (54%), did not document the sample volume (75%), did not receive a culture contamination report (57%), and/or did not require reporting to the provider if <1 mL blood was obtained (64%)" Lefrak et al (2023).
IV lock comparison study – CATERPILLAR-study protocol – Full Text
“The efficacy of taurolidine containing lock solutions for the prevention of central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) in paediatric oncology patients is still unknown” van den Bosch et al (2023).
Powered intraosseous device clinician review
“These findings highlight the value of clinician/user input and demonstrate EMS providers are more satisfied with a powered IO system featuring design elements intended to enhance safety and ease-of-use” Jones et al (2023).
Adverse effects related with peripheral IV catheter norepinephrine administration
“The main adverse effect was extravasation, no additional complications occurred, phentolamine and terbutaline seem to be useful, and its availability is a necessity. It is essential for the nursing staff to carry out a close assessment and comprehensive care in patients receiving norepinephrine by peripheral route” García-Uribe etr al (2023).
Link between CLABSI rates and how often central line accessed
“The number of daily CL accesses is independently associated with risk of CLABSI in the next 3 days” Ward et al (2023).
Intraosseous access malposition in younger children
“This study uses a radiographic approach to determine the appropriate IO needle length and access site to minimize the risk of malposition in children younger than 2 years” Chung et al (2023).
Biofilm-associated candidal PICC infection – Full Text
“Blood culture detected Candida albicans and plain computed tomography (CT) revealed gas production surrounding the catheter in the brachiocephalic vein (Fig. 1a), leading to a diagnosis of central line-associated candidemia” Fukushima et al (2023).
Central venous access trends in children
“To evaluate central venous access placement trends for radiology and non-radiology services over the last decade” Gaballah et al (2023).
Contaminated administration sets in suspected CLABSI
“Although only a minority of CLABSI-suspect patients had positive blood cultures, the contamination rate of central venous catheters and administration set was high, possibly indicating a relevant under-reporting” Menger et al (2023).
Blood culture contamination quality improvement – Full Text
“Blood culture contamination rate continued to decrease with the use of a predisinfection process with 2% Chlorhexidine gluconate cloth before blood sample collection process. Practice improvement also was evident with effective feedback mechanism” Marcelino and Shepard (2023).
CLABSI follow-up study of 9924 catheters – Full Text
“Catheter tips were less likely to be colonised when the subclavian route was used compared to the internal jugular route and male sex as well as increased number of catheter lumens were associated with both catheter tip colonisation and CRI” Rockholt et al (2023).
EDTA blood sample fill volume – Full Text
“In this study, we compared HbA1c concentrations of underfilled and appropriately filled blood collection tubes” Guven et al (2023).
Catheter-related thrombosis in long-term parenteral nutrition – Full Text
“The occurrence of CRT represents a major event in the natural history of patients in PN since it can lead to central venous access loss and PN failure” Zaccone et al (2023).
Donning sterile surgical glove technique audit – Full Text
“Pre-intervention and post-intervention observations showed apparent differences in compliance rates for the standard criteria of donning sterile surgical gloves” Rabbani et al (2022).
Infusion pump fluid delivery precision – Full Text
“We verified that the reliability and precision analysis of hospital infusion pumps need to be performed in a more detailed and consistent way” Silva et al (2023).
Peripheral IV catheter infection prevention expert consensus – Full Text
“The aim of this document is to raise awareness that infections caused by PIVCs are a relevant problem that can be reduced by practice change” Zingg et al (2023).
Continuous infusion versus bolus injection of loop diuretics – Full Text
“In conclusion, in the current meta-analysis of nine randomized controlled trials (RCTs), continuous infusion of furosemide seemed to have a greater reduction of body weight” Karedath et al (2023).
PCR test in suspected CLABSI patients – Full Text
“The performance of rt-PCR in suspected HD CRBI events showed fast and high diagnostic accuracy. Its use would improve HD CRBI management with an antibiotic consumption decrease” Acquier et al (2022).