Clinical performance of a new blood control peripheral intravenous catheter: A prospective, randomized, controlled study.

Introduction: The performance of a new safety peripheral intravenous catheter (PIVC) that contains a blood control feature in the hub (blood control) was compared against the current hospital standard without blood control (standard).

Methods: In this prospective, non-blinded trial, patients were randomized 1:1 to receive either device. Insertions were performed and rated by emergency room nurses.

The costs of fluid overload in the adult intensive care unit: is a small-volume infusion model a proactive solution?

Purpose: Fluid overload (FO) in critically ill patients remains a challenging clinical dilemma, and many continuous intravenous (IV) medications in the US are being delivered as a dilute solution, adding significantly to a patient's daily intake. This study describes the costs and outcomes of FO in patients receiving multiple continuous infusions.

Materials And Methods: A retrospective study was conducted using a hospital administrative database covering >500 US hospitals.

Demonstration of compatibility of multiple arterial blood gas syringes with current multi-parameter analyzers.

Objective: Since there is a lack of current evidence to support the compatibility of the most commonly used arterial blood gas syringes with the latest multi-parameter analyzers, the objective of this study was to assess the agreement of analyte values between three heparinized arterial blood gas syringes using three different analyzers.

Methods: Venous blood from 25 healthy volunteers was drawn into the study syringes (BD Drihep A-Line, PICO50, and Portex Line Draw Plus) by four clinician volunteers in a random order (441 total) and immediately (<15 minutes) analyzed (ABL800 FLEX, RAPIDPoint 500, i-STAT System) in a randomized order. The Bland-Altman method was used to assess agreement of analyte values between the syringes for each analyzer.