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Prevention of central venous catheter-related infections – Full Text

"Improving adherence to hub disinfection, along with catheter care and maintenance protocols, is essential for the prevention of CRIs. Further, innovative approaches for simplifying protocols and "forcing function" may increase compliance with CRBSI prevention strategies" Gilmore et al (2025).

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Optimal catheter-to-vein ratios to prevent peripheral venous catheter failure

"About 36% of catheters fail before treatment completion, in part because of their insertion into veins not large enough to accommodate them. Peripheral veins, especially those in the hand and wrist, are typically narrow (1.8–2.3-mm diameter); this can be influenced by factors including previous vessel damage and sex (e.g. male veins are ∼0.5-mm greater in diameter in the hand than female veins)" Marsh et al (2025).

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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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