Author Affiliation: Department of Plastic and Hand Surgery, Laboratory for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuernberg FAU, Erlangen, Germany (Renno, Horch, Cai, Ludolph, and Arkudas ).
Isabell Renno, MD, works as a resident physician at the Department of Plastic and Hand Surgery in the University Hospital Erlangen. She received her medical doctorate for clinical research on changes of perfusion pattern of surgical wounds under application of closed incision negative pressure wound therapy in postbariatric patients examined with an indocyanine green fluorescence angiography and a combined laser Doppler spectrophotometry.
J Infus Nurs. 2024;47(4):249-254. doi: 10.1097/NAN.0000000000000552. Epub 2024 Jul 4.
Venipuncture for blood collection is frequently delegated to medical or nursing students, while their individual skills depend on the quality of teaching. The aim of this study was to evaluate the use of a near infrared imaging (NIR) system on the visualization of veins and its potential benefit for the education of medical personnel. Participants answered a questionnaire following standardized venipuncture for blood sampling with the help of an NIR device. Vein visibility with the NIR device and its ability to facilitate venipuncture were examined. Visibility of veins was significantly better with the NIR, and its direction was clearly delineated. Sixty-nine percent of the participants stated that they felt more secure with venipuncture after using the NIR device. Patients' individual factors limited the visibility of veins. The adjuvant use of an NIR system for venipuncture improves participants' subjective skills through visualization of veins and their direction.
静脉采血通常由医学生或护理专业学生完成，而他们的个人技能取决于教学质量。本研究旨在评估近红外成像（NIR）系统在静脉可视化方面的应用及其对医疗人员教育的潜在益处。参与者在使用近红外设备进行标准化静脉采血后回答了一份问卷。检查了 NIR 设备对静脉的可视性及其对静脉穿刺的辅助作用。使用 NIR 后，静脉的可视性明显提高，并且其方向得到了清晰的描绘。69%的参与者表示，使用 NIR 设备后，他们对静脉穿刺更有信心。患者的个体因素限制了静脉的可视性。辅助使用 NIR 系统进行静脉穿刺，通过可视化静脉及其方向，提高了参与者的主观技能。
