A NEED exists for an intravenous catheter that possesses better properties than the currently available polyethylene catheter. Ideally, a catheter for intravenous infusion should have the following ...

About one in two nurses experience blood exposure at least once a month when inserting a peripheral intravenous catheter, according to a new study by the International Healthcare Worker Safety Center ...

It’s a common practice — maintaining peripheral intravenous catheters (PIVCs) in stable hospital patients even after the need for IV therapy has been resolved. And the thinking goes, why not? After ...

Administering fluids to patients is carried out through intravenous (IV) catheters, inserting a needle in a vein in a common medical procedure. However, the motor coordination required to insert an IV ...

Peripheral intravenous catheters (PIVCs) remain the most common invasive device in clinical practice, employed for fluid administration, medication delivery and blood sampling. Despite their ubiquity, ...

Providence, R.I. — A commonly used medical device is being scrutinized. An infectious diseases doctor out of Rhode Island Hospital conducted eye opening research he hopes will serve as a wake-up call ...

Researchers created realistic, skin-like replicas made of Ecoflex, a type of silicone rubber that can potentially serve as a platform to evaluate risks of bacterial infections from intravenous ...

The release of the first updated guidelines since 2002, coincide with a new requirement enacted this year in which hospitals that accept Medicare patients must report central-line associated blood ...

In the holiday movie The Grinch, makeup artists are reported to have spent several hours each day encasing Jim Carrey’s face with prosthetics to create the iconic grumpy, green-furred creature. Such ...