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Learn collaborative strategies to help advance vascular access practices.  In this interactive webinar session, you will learn how to:  

*  Understand the key benefits of establishing expert Vascular Access Teams (VATs)

*  Review real-world strategies to build and implement your own VAT at your facility

*  Optimize vascular access practices throughout the care continuum

Speaker:  Max Holder MSN, RN, CRNI, NE-BC, VA-BC

Date / Time:  2/22/2024 @ 2:00pm

To register, click on the following link:  Developing Vascular Access Teams

Best Practices related to these steps will be addressed in an open forum-style discussion:  Placement, Care & Maintenance, Removal

Hosted by: Matthew Sinner, RN Vascular Access Team Educator, Southern California, USA

Date / Time:  Thursday, February 22, 2024 @ 1pm EST

To Register, click the following link:  SecurAcath Online Forum

The content of this presentation includes a definition and discussion regarding healthcare inequity focusing on intravenous access.  We will discuss healthcare inequity and the impact of infrared technology for peripheral phlebotomy and intravenous access for all patient populations.  

Date / Time:  2/21/2024 @ 2pm (will repeat at 2pm as well)

Speaker:  Matthew Ostroff MSN, AGACNP, VA-BC

CE:  1 CE will be awarded

To register, click on the following link:  Health Equity for Vascular Access

AVA's IV League Learning Series are 15-30 minute learning opportunities intended to enhance your clinical knowledge on a variety of topics.  After a short presentation, you will be encouraged to interact with the speaker for a Q&A period.  

This series is for all clinicians and those of you in the process of becoming a licensed clinician.  It is free to participate!  Please note CE is not available for these events due to the short nature of the education.

To participate, please click on the following link:  IV League Learning

On behalf of the Association for Vascular Access (AVA), the Infusion Nurses Society (INS), the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN), ECRI, and colleagues, we invite you to submit your comments on our collaborative work:  Peripheral Intravenous Catheter Consensus Document.

Reviewing and providing input on documents like Consensus Statements is crucial to ensure their accuracy and relevance.  By offering constructive feedback, you can contribute to the refinement and enhancement of the guidelines, ultimately benefiting patient care in the field of peripheral intravenous catheterization.  

To participate, click the following link:  PIVC Consensus Feedback

Vendors tables will be present with opportunity to win prizes for those that visit. 

Known details are in the links provided above

NEO-AVA Flyer 9.15.23 All Day.pdf

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During this event, we will dive into the techniques and innovative products that help to improve insertion success, minimize complications, and extend the dwell time of peripheral IV catheters. Whether you are a seasoned vascular access specialist or just starting on this journey, our industry partners will be sharing valuable insights on how to enhance both patient outcomes and experiences.

The Association for Vascular Access would like to give a special thanks to Lineus Medical, SonoStik, and Medline for sponsoring this event.

Because of the nature of the content being discussed, AVA cannot issue continuing education credit for attendance

This event is free - please join us on

August 30, 2023

2:00 PM ET

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Another Exciting "I SAVE THAT WEBINAR":

Join us as we delve into the composition of peripherally inserted central catheters (PICCs) and Midline catheters, predominantly crafted from polyurethane, coated, and impregnated materials.  These materials' interactions with proteins and cellular adherence lead to complications like infection, thrombosis, and occlusion.  Dr. Nancy Moureau PhD, RN, CRNI, CPUI, VA-BC discusses her extensive literature review which describes established benchmark results for these complications while also examining material types comparatively.  Additionally, she will discuss the economic impact of these complications and the high priority of prevention.

Join us to gain insights that will enhance your understanding of how the prevention of thrombosis, catheter occlusion and infection are high priorities for maintaining catheter function for infusions.

Date / Time:  8/23/23 @ 2:00pm EST

Location:  Webinar

Cost:  AVA Members - Free; Non-Members - $25

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Over the last decade, infusion nurses have been increasingly challenged by patients presenting with difficult vascular access and selecting the right device for patients has become more difficult due to comples organizational factors.  Periperal intravenous catheters (PIVCs) and peripherally inserted central catheters (PICCs) are popular choices for short-to-moderate term intravenous treatments, while midline catheters (MCs) offer an alternate option but with limited uptake due to lack of clinical data.

Join us for a presentation by Dr. Nicole Marsh, PhD, MAdvPrac, BN on recent midline catheters (MC) research including international guidelines and results from two randomized controlled trials in Brisbane, Australia.  

Date / Time:  8/23/23 @ 4:00pm EST

Location:  Webinar

Cost:  INS Members - Free; Non-Members - $45

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INS and AVA, in collaboration with other individuals and organizations, have just launched the second part of the vascular access equity study.  The hope is that through this survey, the data collected will help make meaningful changes in IV access and the delivery of care.

Be a part of changing PIVC access care!  Anyone in the United States and Canada who has inserted a PIVC may complete the survey.  It only takes 10 minutes.

Take the Survey