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Teaching the nursing care of central venous catheters

"We hope that ongoing training with this simulation model, along with demonstration of competency, will result in standardized central line care and a decrease in CLABSI rates at our institution" Smith et al (2025).

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Vascular access improvement following COVID-19

"This scoping review aimed to explore how the COVID-19 pandemic affected vascular access practices and catheter-related complications, with the objective of mapping innovations, identifying emerging trends, and summarizing preventive and therapeutic strategies" Celano et al (2025).

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Review of peripheral intravenous access in the postpartum period

"A high percentage of peripheral intravenous catheters remain unused during the postpartum period. Furthermore, women reported that these catheters were a hindrance to maternal and neonatal care, as well as breastfeeding" Monasor-Ortolá et al (2025).

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Intraosseous access driver comparison

"In the largest ran-domized controlled trial to date, we found that the EZ-IO had a faster insertion time compared to the SAM IO, but the time difference was unlikely to be clinically meaningful" Stiglitz et al (2025).

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Venous air embolism in a horse after jugular venous catheterization

"A diagnosis of venous air embolism resulting from right jugular venocatheterization was made. This is the first reported case of venous air embolism secondary to jugular venocatheterization diagnosed by means of transthoracic echocardiography in a horse" Ramos et al (2025).

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Right subclavian vein catheterisation – Full Text

"In adult cardiac surgical patients, the SC approach achieves faster landmark-guided right subclavian venous access than the approach, without detectable compromises in success or safety" Shanmuka et al (2025).

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Impact of stewardship practices on blood culture collection – Full Text

"Formulating safe and effective diagnostic stewardship guidance for blood cultures in immunocompromised patients is challenging due to limited data and high risk of infectious complications. A 2024 global shortage in blood culture bottles (BD Diagnostics) necessitated the implementation of blood culture stewardship, including at our tertiary care cancer center" She et al (2025).

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