Association for Vascular Access AVA

Annual Conference - From October 13, 2023 to October 17, 2023, 1,444 clinical vascular access professionals and leaders participated in AVA's 37th annual conference in Portland, Oregon. In addition to the opportunity for professionals to network with each other, many lectures and workshops included the following topics:-Destination Postcard: Envisioning the Future in Healthcare-Things Aren't Always Black & White: 2023 State of the PIVC Address-Expanding Vascular Access Best Practices - Standardization, Leadership, Finances, and Building a Healthy Team-Vascular Access Device Assessment Liability - Navigating a Minefield Post-COVID-Vascular Access and Infusion Therapy: Time for a Renaissance-Strategies for Prevention of CLABSI: Focus on Promotion of Dressing Integrity and Longevity-From Hospital to Homecare: Bridging the Gap in the Patient Experience-Establishing a Comfort Contingency Plan to Needle Stick Procedures-PICCing the Best PICC: Uncovering the Role of PICC Materials and Design to Reduce Harm-Transhepatic and Subcostal Ultrasound Imaging for Catheter Location of Tunneled Mid-Thigh Femoral Vein Catheters in Neonates-The INS Infusion Therapy Standards of Practice: Application to Clinical Practice-Hospital Onset Bacteremia and FungemiaThe general sessions throughout the week informed professionals about the latest scientific information in infection prevention, pathophysiology of endothelial health, PICC/vascular access in acute care settings, dialysis catheters, patient safety, and standards of infusion therapy. Breakout sessions provided more specific access topics and workshops.

Other Programs -ISAVE That Line Campaign:AVA launched the ISAVE That Line campaign in 2006 to bring crucial principles of vascular access device management directly to the bedside. Putting patients first, ISAVE encourages and emphasizes a back to basics approach, essential to reducing the risk of infection and improving the management of all vascular access devices.Spearheaded by the late Janet DeLong Pettit, MSN, RNC, NNP, the goal is to not only simplify the education for professionals providing vascular access care and maintenance, but to deliver these strategies with optimal and unrelenting compliance.In 2018, AVA launched the redesigned ISAVE campaign branding and increased the reach of this important massage, both through co-branded efforts with industry as well as through the debut of the ISAVE That Pod cast show. These efforts brought AVAs multidisciplinary approach and focus on best practices through the airwaves, reaching more clinicians and patients than ever before. The co-branded ISAVE assets for corporate members became a standard offering in AVAs Industry Partner benefits package in 2018.AVA Academy:In October 2018 AVA and The Clinician Exchange created a partnership to develop a global education hub for the vascular access specialty. The AVA Academy blueprint was designed to deliver cutting edge training, critically-acclaimed presentations from AVA scientific meetings, journal review courses and much more further than ever before in AVAs history. AVA Academy launched on April 2, 2019.Intravascular Quarterly:In 2018 AVA re-branded and relaunched its member newsletter (previously, eVAN) as Intravascular Quarterly (IQ). Published four times a year, IQ is free during its current quarter with the archive an exclusive member benefit.IQ keeps vascular access professionals up-to-date on important AVA news and the latest technological and educational information. It is a great tool for members; they can read it online, or print an issue and take it with them to read on-the-go.AVA uses IQ as a collaborative tool for association partners to cross-publish for broader audiences, as well as a platform for healthcare and corporate stakeholders in vascular access to share innovations, success stories and best practices.