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The Japanese Intravascular Catheterization Research Council of America (JIVCARES), an educational and research organization on catheter management, will hold a research meeting on August 31, 2025. The meeting will not only focus on research, but will also include an introduction to the latest literature and three educational lectures. We hope you will join us...

I-DECIDED is a device evaluation and decision-making tool developed by the AVATAR (Alliance for Vascular Access Teaching and Research) Group and others based at Griffith University in Australia. It allows nurses and other members of the health care team to evaluate PICC (Peripheral...

The 40th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Environmental Infectious Diseases will be held at Pacifico Yokohama from July 10 (Thu.) to 12 (Sat.), 2012. Five presentations related to VADs (Vascular Access Devices) by J-IVCARES board members are scheduled at this meeting. In addition, during the meeting, the NORTH 3rd floor non-operating...

A study to reduce unnecessary use of central venous catheters and safely introduce midline catheters in venous channeling device selection: a prospective, nurse-led, observational study at a 576-bed urban community hospital that evaluated their usefulness in terms of infection risk and treatment completion rates....

Peripheral intravenous catheter (PIVC) insertion in children is considered technically difficult due to anatomical and psychological factors such as small vessel diameter, high subcutaneous fat content, and uncooperative attitude of the affected child. Although the effectiveness of echo-guided puncture has been established in the adult setting, the effectiveness in pediatric patients has not been adequately...

When an infection is suspected in a CV, port, or dialysis catheter, the first choice is to remove the catheter, but when that is not possible, antibiotics are used to treat the catheter lock. How effective is this treatment?

While PICCs are widely used, the risk of inappropriate use and complications has been an issue. We present an article that evaluates the cost-effectiveness of a physician-led, pay-for-performance QI intervention by the Hospital Medicine Safety Consortium (HMS) in Michigan that increased the appropriate use of PICCs....

We would like to express our sincere appreciation for your continued understanding and support of the activities of our research group. Thank you very much for the more than 100 people who attended our third Research Meeting. With your cooperation, we were able to have a very meaningful meeting and successfully conclude...

PICC in cancer patients is used for various purposes such as perioperative central venous drainage, nutritional therapy, chemotherapy, etc. Recently, PICC has become more preferred than CVC. We present an article that summarizes the complications associated with PICC insertion in cancer patients and how they may be a factor in mortality....

When we administer infusion therapy, the first step is to insert an indwelling peripheral intravenous needle, which is probably the most common insertion in all settings. In the infusion therapy that 70-90% of hospitalized patients receive, 50% of patients with an indwelling peripheral intravenous needle (PIVC) have complications such as extravascular leakage, obstruction, infection, phlebitis...