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Best practice for peripheral intravenous catheter replacement
Evidence Based Nursing, 2019Commentary on : Webster J, Osborne S, Rickard CM, et al . Clinically-indicated replacement versus routine replacement of peripheral venous catheters. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2019;1:CD007798. PIVCs are the most common invasive procedure with each patient receiving an average of two PIVCs during their admission.1 This common device, however ...
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Phlebitis associated with peripheral intravenous catheters
American Journal of Infection Control, 2007Malach et al1 suggest that presence of an intravenous peripheral catheter longer than 3 days is a risk factor for phlebitis. A point-prevalence research design was used in their study whereby patients with phlebitis were compared with an unmatched control group of patients who did not have phlebitis.
Webster, Joan, Osborne, Sonya
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Peripheral intravenous catheters: considerations in theory and practice
British Journal of Nursing, 2005Inserting peripheral intravenous catheters is a clinical skill that is increasingly becoming part of nurses' remit because of a number of changes in the NHS, including a reduction in junior doctors' working hours and role development. To undertake this skill it is important that nurses receive the appropriate education and can provide evidence of ...
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The Safety and Efficacy of Peripheral Intravenous Catheters in Ill Neonates
Neonatal Network, 2001This article describes the use of a quality improvement clinical audit approach to identify insertion practices, duration of therapy, and complications related to peripheral intravenous catheters. These data provide evidence for adherence to practice standards and benchmarks for evaluation of new interventions to improve the safety and efficacy of ...
Franck, L S +4 more
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Prospective surveillance of phlebitis associated with peripheral intravenous catheters
American Journal of Infection Control, 2006Guidelines have been published for prevention of phlebitis associated with peripheral intravenous catheters (IVC), but this complication continues to occur. We sought to determine the rate of phlebitis associated with peripheral IVCs to identify predictors for phlebitis and to isolate pathogenic bacteria from phlebitic catheter tips.Nine-point ...
Tal, Malach +7 more
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Transformation of the peripheral intravenous catheter placement experience in pediatrics
The Journal of Vascular Access, 2017Background “Needle pokes” are the most frequent cause of pain encountered by pediatric patients in the hospital setting. Poor control of pain during needle pokes leads to short- and long-term adverse outcomes for both patients and hospitals. J-Tips are a needle-free injection system that use pressurized gas to inject lidocaine in a fine stream of fluid
Kelly, Steven +3 more
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AN EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDY OF THE RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH PERIPHERAL INTRAVENOUS CATHETERS
American Journal of Epidemiology, 1983As part of a standardized, multi-hospital prospective surveillance system for nosocomial infections in Rhode Island, an analysis was undertaken in March 1980-February 1982 to determine the interplay of factors that contribute to the risk of phlebitis in peripheral, non-steel, non-butterfly intravenous catheters.
I B, Tager +6 more
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Matching the peripheral intravenous catheter to the individual patient.
Acta anaesthesiologica Belgica, 2007Up to eighty percent of all patients admitted to hospital worldwide will receive a peripheral IV and this procedure is now considered indispensable to human health. However, despite its global use, the choice of catheter is not always governed by clear and universal guidelines.
Rivera, A. M. +3 more
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Replacement of peripheral intravenous catheters
Journal of Clinical Nursing, 2008Tetsuji, Fujita, Noriyuki, Namiki
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[Peripheral intravenous catheter-related phlebitis].
Nederlands tijdschrift voor geneeskunde, 2013Phlebitis is a very common complication of the use of intravenous catheters. Two patients with an i.v. catheter complicated by thrombophlebitis are described. Patient A was immunocompromised due to chronic lymphatic leukaemia and developed septic thrombophlebitis with positive blood cultures for S. Aureus.
Simone, van der Sar-van der Brugge +1 more
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