News and innovation - January 15, 2024
Antibiotics shortages in Europe: what you need to know
“A new approach is needed to better tackle medicines shortages in the European Health Union,” the European Commission said in…
Antibiotics shortages in Europe: what you need to know
“A new approach is needed to better tackle medicines shortages in the European Health Union,” the European Commission said in…
Safe connections webinar: open vs closed IV access
How can we define safe connections? Connections are critical junctures and/or points of access along intravenous (IV) lines. Microorganisms may…
“Complications of IV catheter therapy are simply the result of one complex and highly variable mechanical system—IV catheter equipment design,...
Spanish vascular access team refines device selection algorithm
The Vall D’Hebron Hospital in Barcelona, Spain treats over 1.2 million patients per year, with 1,100 beds and a team…
PICCs in intensive care units: new Spanish guidelines fill a gap
When and how should peripherally inserted central catheters (PICCs) be used in intensive care units (ICUs)? At the end of 2022,…
3 factors to consider in vascular access device selection
Vascular access device (VAD) selection represents a crucial moment in vascular access management (VAM). “A peripheral vessel selection is not…
Tripledemic may return to Europe this winter: Vaccination still key
Four years after COVID-19 first emerged,1 it remains difficult to forecast how severe the 2023–24 respiratory infection season will be.2,3…
Make the case for a vascular access team by convincing with facts
You may have heard of a vascular access team (VAT) and its benefit to patient care, but you aren't sure…
Fast fact
“I think that the biggest issue in our service is choosing which [vascular access device (VAD)] for which patients,” Professor Caren Randon, MD, PhD