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Jul 03, 2025

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Organization of out-of-hospital emergency kits – Full Text

"While guidelines on contents and packing strategies of emergency kits for specific tasks and specialized situations exist, data for the design of out-of-hospital emergency kits in a general urban population is lacking. It may be possible to transfer the promising results of modern in-hospital packing strategies such as task-based package organization (TPO) to an Emergency Medical Service setting" Laxar et al (2025).

Jul 03, 2025

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Student nurse support for infection-control practices – Full Text

"Pandemic incidences of hospital-acquired infections, central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs), and catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) increased, underscoring the importance of increasing workforce-ready nurses" Ashburn et al (2025).

Jul 03, 2025

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Vascular access for puppies and kittens under 12 weeks – Full Text

"Catheters in the jugular vein may be preferred for puppies and kittens under 1.2 kg and 0.3 kg, respectively. Utilizing the cephalic vein for venous access may facilitate rapid and less technically challenging intravenous catheter placement in patients under 12 weeks old" Zilberfarb et al (2025).

Jul 02, 2025

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Catheter dwell time and CLABSI risk – Full Text

"The aim of the study was to evaluate the relationship between catheter dwell time and the risk of CLABSIs caused by multidrug-resistant and common pathogens in patients with central venous catheters (CVCs) and peripherally inserted central catheters (PICCs)" Pitiriga et al (2025).

Jul 02, 2025

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Hickman catheter associated infective endocarditis – Full Text

"We report a case of a 71-year-old female patient on a chronic hemodialysis (HD) program who had developed IE. Her first symptoms were fever and malaise. Transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) and transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) examinations were performed, revealing vegetations on the tip of HC and the anterior and posterior leaflets of the tricuspid valve (TV)" Šačić et al (2025).

Jul 02, 2025

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Outcomes for patients receiving multi-chamber bags for the delivery of parenteral nutrition – Full Text

"This systematic review aimed to examine the evidence base for clinical outcomes and/or quality of life (QoL) in adults receiving PN as MCBs compared to COMs in hospital and community settings" Jones et al (2024).

Jul 02, 2025

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Prevention of PICC associated UEDVT – Full Text

"Upper limb functional exercise combined with an intelligent grip ball can reduce the incidence of catheter-related thrombosis, improve coagulation function, increase compliance with functional exercise, and improve nursing satisfaction in patients with PICCs" Bu and Wu (2025).

Jul 02, 2025

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Neonatal venipuncture analgesia – Full Text

"Neonatal exposure to pain can lead to altered pain perception in later years of life. Despite the availability of measures to alleviate pain, routine use is lacking. We decided to conduct a quality improvement (QI) study to increase the use of analgesia during venipuncture, a common procedure in neonatal intensive care units, from a baseline of 0% to 50% over 8 weeks" Shah et al (2025).

Jul 01, 2025

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Taurolidine IV lock reduces recurrent CRBSI – Full Text

"This study demonstrates that the use of 1.35% taurolidine significantly reduces the rate of recurrent CRBSIs and CVC removals due to CRBSIs compared to 0.9% saline in adult patients with CIF reliant on HPS" Nerstrøm et al (2025).

Jul 01, 2025

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Digitalised measures for CLABSI prevention compliance – Full Text

"Digitalised interventions for CLABSI prevention seem to be effective in reducing infection rates, likely because of increasing compliance to established guidelines for CLABSI prevention" Obama et al (2025).

Jul 01, 2025

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Peripheral venous blood gas analysis Cochrane review – Full Text

"The primary objective of this review is to evaluate the performance of PVBGA by comparing it with the reference standard ABGA, which is assumed to be error-free for the diagnosis of (1) respiratory failure, (2) hypercarbia, and (3) metabolic disturbance (the three target conditions) in adults" Byrne et al (2025).

Jul 01, 2025

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Blood culture contamination creep – Full Text

"In a low-COVID-19-burden secondary care teaching hospital setting, blood culture contamination rates have progressively increased over the past decade, irrespective of the pandemic. These findings underscore the importance of sustained vigilance in infection prevention and control practices, strict adherence to blood culture collection protocols, and the ongoing need for staff training" Jeverica et al (2025).