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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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How to encourage IV to oral antibiotic switch – Full Text

"After implementing GN-BSI-focused AS initiatives in our large health system, we observed a shift toward more frequent oral rather than IV antibiotics at discharge, and shorter overall antibiotic durations, without obvious changes in adverse outcomes" Olson et al (2025).

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