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Intravenous medicine preparation pathway – Full Text

"Implementing intravenous compounding software can save time, reduce costs, and lower errors in intravenous SACT preparation. This could improve timely treatment access for patients with cancer" Umpleby et al (2026).

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Blood culture pathways in UK hospitals

"We conducted a nationwide survey (1 February 2024-6 February 2025) of microbiology laboratories across England and Scotland to assess BC pathways, turnaround times for organism identification and antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST), availability of rapid methods, operational hours, and result communication" Drury et al (2026).

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Aims of aseptic technique undertaken by nurses – Full Text

"Nurses agree on some, but not all, key issues related to aseptic technique. The decision to undertake aseptic technique appears to depend on the venue, experience, and perceptions of the invasiveness of the procedure" Hawker et al (2026).

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Detecting surgical glove breaches

"Surgical glove breaches may compromise the aseptic barrier and pose risks to surgical staff. Double gloving with an indicator system improves breach detection compared with similar colored double gloves or single gloving. This study evaluates the performance of market-leading indicator gloves for breach detection" Dziak et al (2026).

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Ambulatory oncology nursing preceptor experience

"This quality improvement project aimed to streamline orientation and reduce preceptor burden by implementing an electronic competency tracking platform, which organized nursing competencies into four progressive levels and enabled real-time documentation, resource linkage, and communication among preceptors, educators, and leadership" Caffrey and Scuralli (2026).

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Drug library for continuous infusions in a paediatric intensive care unit

"This scalable model demonstrates how smart pumps, EMR integration and multidisciplinary training can significantly reduce continuous infusion errors in PICUs, enhancing safety for vulnerable paediatric patients and providing a framework for adoption in other high-risk settings like emergency departments and subspecialty wards" Osman et al (2026).

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