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"Despite the lack of evidence supporting their necessity, routine post-removal chest X-rays for central venous catheters (CVCs) are still performed in some hospitals due to persistent misconceptions about their benefits” Breitwieser et al (2025).
"Younger patient age and ED nurse blood cultures had greater odds of contamination. Results can inform focused training on quality collection and testing techniques, as well as the creation of enhanced staffing models to increase phlebotomist collections” Childress et al (2025).
"This study seeks to describe the impact of a single preclinical IVC session on skill retention in students entering the transition to clerkship” Gibson et al (2025).
"The use of vein finder technology may significantly reduce pain, improve behavioural states and enhance procedural success in preterm infants compared with traditional venipuncture methods. These findings suggest that incorporating this technology into NICUs practice might benefit patient comfort and clinical efficiency” Sayed et al (2025).
"Our study showed a significantly high incidence of CABSI and CRBSI in non-ICU adult patients. By identifying the risk factors of these infections, it suggests the settings in which stringent infection prevention strategies are needed” Borgonovo et al (2025).
"Our study highlights how educational interventions can influence quality of BC. Continuous monitoring and interventions are key for quality improvement in BC processes” Fernandes et al (2025).
"This review describes the key role of nursing professionals in facilitating successful transition from IVIG to subcutaneous therapy in patients with CIDP and draws on experience from ADVANCE-CIDP 1 to help equip nursing staff with the knowledge and confidence to support patients with CIDP initiating fSCIG 10% as a maintenance treatment” Duff et al (2025).
"We previously reported results of an in-depth study of management practices to prevent healthcare-associated infections. Here we describe the development of an online toolkit containing resources that can be used to implement six of these key management practices” Rush et al (2025).
"Citrate or saline HD catheter lock may be preferable to heparin HD catheter lock in patients on intravenous heparin infusions, especially in high-bleed-risk surgical patients” Tuggle et al (2025).
"Herein, we describe characteristics of OPAT patients with CDI at a large academic medical center. Despite prolonged antibiotic exposure, the incidence rate of CDI was low” Vo et al (2025).
"This article reviews the evidence for the appropriate use of short PIVCs in hospitalized patients, assesses the ongoing need for PIVCs, provides recommendations for alternative options, and argues for promptly removing a PIVC that is no longer in use” Ray-Barruel and Alexander (2025).
"We have focused on procedures which are commonly performed in Critical Care Units (intubation, bronchoscopy, intercostal drain insertion, tracheostomy insertion, central venous catheter insertion). The checklists have been designed to enable departments to use and adapt to make them unit specific” Windsor et al (2025).
