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3 keys to preventing needlestick injuries: locate, train, assess
Medical sharps, which can transmit bloodborne diseases, continue to pose a significant safety risk to healthcare workers (HCWs). Accidental sharps…
June 13, 2022 - Scientific Publications
The European recommendations on the proper indication and use of peripheral venous access devices (ERPIUP) consensus was a project led...
May 23, 2022 - News & Innovation
Achieving infection prevention and control – The Portuguese Experience
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May 9, 2022 - News & Innovation
IV original equipment manufacturer BD aids MedTech partners
BD as an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) offers guidance to MedTech partners on producing intravenous (IV) devices for drug preparation...
April 24, 2022 - News & Innovation
World Immunisation Week—vaccines and syringes then and now
World Immunisation Week is 24–30 April. We didn’t always have access to safe and effective vaccines administered with disposable syringes....
April 18, 2022 - News & Innovation
The European Union Medical Device Regulation (MDR) 2017/745
Introduction The European Union (EU) adopted the MDR almost 10 years after it launched a formal review of the European...
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Over 15 CFUsIf the same microorganism is identified with both a blood culture and an intravenous (IV) catheter tip culture and if the quantity of colony forming units per millilitre (CFUs/mL) is over 15 in the tip culture, then the IV catheter may be the source of the infection. This is a recognised diagnostic criterion for catheter-related bloodstream infections (CRBSIs)1. 1. Gorski LA, Hadaway L, Hagle ME, et al. Infusion Therapy Standards of Practice, 8th ed. J Infus Nurs. 2021;44(1S Suppl 1):S1-S224. doi: 10.1097/NAN.0000000000000396. BD-54255