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Retained central venous catheter guidewires

"Whole guidewire retention occurs in 1:3167 procedures. While training and current policies prevent most whole guidewire retentions, they do not stop the error from occurring and rely on removing human error consistently across thousands of procedures to prevent a single event. A safety-engineered mechanism of error prevention is required that applies to any clinical environment, is impervious to distraction or interruption, and does not rely on clinician memory to ensure guidewire removal" Mariyaselvam et al (2025).

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Analysis of the reasons for removal of vascular ports – Full Text

"The use of vascular ports in oncology patients for the administration of irritating and chemotherapeutic drugs clearly solves the problem of peripheral vascular damage caused by oncological drugs, and at the same time provides a comfortable way of treating patients in the long term" Olszewska et al (2025).

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PICC-related thrombosis in hospitalized infants

"We aimed to characterize the appropriateness of peripherally inserted central catheters (PICCs) in hospitalized infants and to explore the feasibility of a randomized clinical trial (RCT) of antiplatelet therapy to prevent CRT in these infants" Chegondi et al (2025).

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Pediatric tunneled central venous catheter length

"Pediatric intravascular CVC length can be estimated by formulas suggested by the present study based on the insertion side and patient height, limiting x-ray exposure during CVC insertion and decreasing potential complications" Zaghloul et al (2025).

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Sensor for accurate intravenous fluid monitoring – Full Text

"To mitigate the elevated risk of complications (e.g., air embolism) arising from delayed response to infusion endpoints, this paper designs a flexible double pole capacitive (FPB) sensor, which includes a main pole plate, an adaptive pole plate, and a back shielding electrode" He et al (2025).

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Development of a retractable safety needle for injection safety – Full Text

"This study supports nurse-led device development in advancing engineering-based strategies to reduce occupational exposure and improve injection safety. Findings may inform future implementation of medication preparation systems to mitigate healthcare-associated infections in practice" Liu et al (2025).

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Ultrasound estimation of internal jugular vein wall depth during central line placement

"The needle length required to reach the average sonographic midpoint of the IJ vein is approximately 1.48 cm with a range of 0.8 to 2.7 cm. As ultrasound does not intrinsically prevent needle over insertion, proceduralists, particularly less experienced operators, need to be mindful of needle depth to reduce complications from excessive needle tip penetration" Olayode et al (2025).

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Assessing needle-stick injury risks

"This study aims to identify and assess the risk of injuries caused by needles and sharps among healthcare personnel in a tertiary care hospital in Pune, by application of healthcare failure mode and effect analysis (HFMEA) tool" Joshi et al (2025).

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