Managing and Preventing Vascular Catheter Infections ISID Position Paper

A new Open Access publication on Managing and Preventing Vascular Catheter Infections ISID Position Paper from the International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Impact of specimen-diversion devices on blood culture contamination reduction January 20, 2021
"The mean incidence of contaminated blood draws in the device B group was 0.23 (0.13-0.37) times the incidence of contaminated draws in the control group, suggesting that initial-diversion methods reduced blood culture contamination" Arenas et al (2021). The citation Impact of specimen-diversion devices on blood culture contamination reduction appe […]
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Role of ultrasound to confirm vascular access infections – Full Text January 20, 2021
"It revealed a swinging vegetation adjacent to the tip of catheter, suggestive of a bacterial biofilm" Monteiro et al (2021). The citation Role of ultrasound to confirm vascular access infections – Full Text appeared on the IVTEAM Citation Library.
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Reducing peripheral intravenous catheter extravasation in neonates January 20, 2021
"Our objective was to reduce total and severe peripheral intravenous extravasation (PIVE) incidence by 40% in our neonatal intensive care unit" Boyar and Galiczewski (2021). The citation Reducing peripheral intravenous catheter extravasation in neonates appeared on the IVTEAM Citation Library.
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Risk factors for adverse events in children receiving OPAT January 20, 2021
"The purpose of this study was to quantify and identify risk factors for OPAT-associated AEs in children" Townsley et al (2021). The citation Risk factors for adverse events in children receiving OPAT appeared on the IVTEAM Citation Library.
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Automatic lancets for neonatal capillary heel blood sampling January 20, 2021
"Use of automatic lancets for heel blood sampling helps reduce pain in neonates which is of critical importance" Merter and Bolişik (2020). The citation Automatic lancets for neonatal capillary heel blood sampling appeared on the IVTEAM Citation Library.
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