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Study of CRBSI causative microorganisms – Full Text

"To address CRBSI, one must know the causative microorganisms and their antimicrobial susceptibility profiles. This study aimed to identify the microbes that cause CRBSI and their antimicrobial susceptibility patterns” Poddar et al (2025).

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Radial artery anatomical variation case study

"Anatomical variations, such as the persistent median artery, can complicate radial artery catheterization and are not easily identified through pulse palpation alone. The use of vascular visualization devices is recommended to identify and navigate such variations, ensuring accurate catheter placement” Nakamura et al (2025).

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Implementation of structured interventions during ward rounds

"The main clinical outcomes reported were mortality, infectious complications, length of stay (LOS) and duration of mechanical ventilation (DoMV). Mortality, LOS and rates of urinary tract and central-line associated bloodstream infections did not seem to be affected, positively or negatively, by interventions structuring BWRs” Ando et al (2025).

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Administration of iron infusions in general practice

"This article aims to prepare GPs, general practice registrars and other health providers with the knowledge to confidently and safely perform ferric carboxymaltose (FCM) infusions” Patel et al (2025).

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How to deal with potential CLABSI in haematology patients

"Many central lines were removed despite infrequent formal CLABSI diagnoses. Thorough assessments for alternative sources and use of non-invasive diagnostics including repeat blood cultures prior to line removal, may allow increased appropriate retention of lines” Thorburn et al (2025).

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Adopting ANTT for training patients to manage home parenteral nutrition

"Overall, this study found that patients trained using Standard-ANTT took significantly less time to become independent with HPS than those using traditional sterile/aseptic techniques. A lower risk of CRBSI was observed in the Standard-ANTT group. Adopting Standard-ANTT in training patients who require HPS is safe and effective” Malhi et al (2025).

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Nursing student knowledge of intravenous therapy

"This study aimed to assess the knowledge of intravenous therapy among nursing students. A cross-sectional study was conducted with 170 diploma nursing students randomly selected from a private university in Malaysia between November 30 and December 30, 2023" Che Seman et al (2025).

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Decontamination of needleless connectors

"This study aims to compare the decontamination efficacy of 75% ethanol and 2% CHG in ethanol with scrub durations of 5, 10, and 15 seconds on NCs in outpatients" Wu et al (2025).

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Risk factors for difficult intravenous access

"The aim of this study was to evaluate differences in nurses' ratings of risk factors for difficult intravenous access (DIVA) between oncology infusion unit nurses who perform ≤ 10 insertions compared to > 10 insertions per week" Alfaro et al (2025).

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