Having a trained nurse or nurse team present during central line procedures or catheter insertion reduces the chance of infection for patients by 47%, according to new research from the Association ...

Transfusion guidelines regarding platelet-count thresholds before the placement of a central venous catheter (CVC) offer conflicting recommendations because of a lack of good-quality evidence. The ...

Penn State researchers developed a robotic simulation training programing, pictured here, that allows medical residents to practice placing central lines under a variety of scenarios and receive ...