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Impact of IV drug shortages on patient safety

"Almost half (44%) of the survey respondents reported shortages impacting hematology and oncology medications. These shortages resulted in interrupted, modified, or delayed chemotherapy regimens (e.g., reduced doses, treatment withheld if noncurative intent) and significantly impacted health care organizations' clinical and operational resources, increased the risk for medication errors, and negatively affected the quality of patient care" Bertagnoli et al (2025).

Infusion pump cybersecurity issues

"We present a DDoS attack that alters the pump's operation, potentially leading to over-infusion or under-infusion of medication. We then assess the implications of these security flaws on patient safety and device reliability" Lu et al (2025).

Confirmation of central line placement in neonates

"To assess the diagnostic accuracy of point-of-care ultrasound against single or multiple check X-rays done to confirm central line position. This cross-sectional observational study was conducted in a tertiary neonatal intensive care unit from March 2023 to March 2024" Bhatia et al (2025).

Peripherally inserted central catheter placement in pediatric patients – Read Full Text

"We reported a pediatric case requiring prolonged antibiotic therapy for sacral osteomyelitis, in which PICC placement was initially unsuccessful because of resistance encountered during catheter advancement. Venography revealed significant venous stenosis, which allowed successful catheter placement after the guidewire was redirected into a patent vessel" Tokuda et al (2025).

PICC use in allogeneic hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation

"This prospective study evaluated a novel dual peripherally inserted central venous catheter (PICC) technique to reduce venipuncture frequency in allo-HSCT recipients" Sakai et al (2025).

Correction of impacted central venous catheter

"Disruption of the central venous port catheter was identified on the chest radiograph of a 36-year-old woman who had undergone chemotherapy following resection of her colon cancer. Computed tomography revealed that the catheter was impacted in the peripheral pulmonary artery" Kato et al (2025).

Hypodermoclysis educational tool validation – Full Text

"The resulting manual demonstrates strong validity as an educational resource, with significant potential to standardize and enhance hypodermoclysis training in palliative nursing, promoting both safety and humanized care" de Sousa et al (2025).

Prevention and management of intraoperative intravenous infiltration – Full Text

"This case highlights the need for standardized IV infiltration prevention and management strategies in the surgical setting, in which there may be restricted access or visualization of IV catheters" Hahn et al (2025).

Artificial intelligence in transfusion practice – Full Text

"Transfusion medicine is vital to healthcare and affects clinical outcomes, patient safety, and system resilience while addressing challenges such as blood shortages, donor variability, and rising costs. The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) presents new opportunities to improve clinical decision-making and operational effectiveness in this field" Li et al (2025).

CLABSI rates associated with racial and socioeconomic disparities – Full Text

"Racial and socioeconomic disparities persist in CLABSI incidence and healthcare resource utilization, with Blacks and Medicaid beneficiaries at the highest risk" Mielke et al (2025).

Costs linked to intravenous push controlled substance waste – Full Text

"This multi-site observational study aimed to quantify the pharmacy workforce time and associated costs linked to IVP waste management across a 16-hospital health system in Southwest Florida" Hertig et al (2025).

9th World Congress on Vascular Access (WoCoVA)

The 9th World Congress on Vascular Access (WoCoVA) is rapidly approaching. The event is taking place from April 15th – 17th, 2026 at the Valencia…

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