Is it beneficial to change peripheral indwelling intravenous catheters after 72-96 hours? To answer this question, the authors performed a randomized controlled trial comparing routine (n = 1690) with ...

Patients with testicular cancer had fewer venous access-related complications and overall thrombotic events when first-line chemotherapy was delivered via peripheral intravenous access compared with ...

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 ...

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 ...