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Review synthesizes advice to prevent bloodstream infections from vascular access devices

CMS is considering hospital-onset bacteremia and fungemia prevention, including bloodstream infections that stem from medical devices, as a future focus of quality reporting, according to the authors of a new review.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/05/15/review-synthesizes-advice-to-prevent-bloodstream-infections-from-vascular-access-devices.htm
15 May 2024

SHM issues recommendations on ultrasound guidance for vascular access procedures

The 29 new recommendations from the Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM) cover preprocedure steps, procedure techniques, postprocedure care, and training.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/09/18/1.htm
18 Sep 2019

May 15, 2024

ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/05/15/

Midline catheters may be safer than PICCs for short-term use

A retrospective cohort study found use of a peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) for difficult vascular access or for IV antibiotic therapy for 30 days or less was associated with higher risk for a bloodstream infection or occlusion than a midline catheter.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/12/08/2.htm
8 Dec 2021

March 9, 2022

ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/03/09/

Midline safe alternative to PICC for OPAT after discharge, retrospective study finds

In patients getting outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) for two weeks or less, major complication rates were lower with midline catheters than peripherally inserted central catheters (PICCs). For longer dwell times, complication and failure rates were similar between devices.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/11/13/midlines-safe-alternatives-to-piccs-for-opat-after-discharge-retrospective-study-finds.htm
13 Nov 2024

PICCs frequently placed in hospital patients with chronic kidney disease

Despite recommendations cautioning against PICC use in chronic kidney disease or intensive care, 30.9% of ICU patients who got a PICC had an estimated glomerular filtration rate less than 45 mL/min/1.73 m2, a study in Michigan found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/06/05/1.htm
5 Jun 2019