Healio

Peripheral IV catheter checklist improves clinician competence, skill

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A newly developed short peripheral IV catheter insertion skills checklist has yielded positive results in the ...
Medscape

The Art of Starting IVs in Children, With and Without Assistive Devices

Background. Inserting peripheral intravenous (PIV) lines into often dehydrated, typically irritable, and universally uncooperative small children is an everyday task for many pediatric nurses. Success ...
CMAJ

Active hand warming eases peripheral intravenous catheter insertion

Lenhardt R, Seybold T, Kimberger O, Stoiser B, Sessler DI. Local warming and insertion of peripheral venous cannulas: single blinded prospective randomized controlled trial and single blinded ...
Business Wire

EchoNous Vein Receives FDA Approval, A New Innovation Designed for Nurses to Improve First-Time Peripheral IV Catheter Insertion

Product launch enables new multi-function, vascular access and bladder measurement platform designed to improve patient care, HCAHPS results, and save nursing time SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--EchoNous, ...
Cochrane

Should we remove peripheral venous catheters ('intravenous drip' or 'cannula') only when they are not needed or have a complication, or should we remove them regularly?

Future research should focus on testing PVC removal beyond 96 hours, patient preferences for routine or clinically indicated PVC removal, more rigorous studies and use of ultrasound to assess PVC ...