Intravenous conference: The 4th Annual Pedivan Conference online registration now open. The conference takes place on March 29 & 30, 2012 at the Westin Riverwalk Hotel, 420 West Market St. San Antonio, TX 78205.

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Intravenous conference: Building on the success of the inaugural Florence Nightingale Foundation Conference, we are pleased to announce the second annual conference will be taking place on 8th & 9th March 2012 at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre in London.

This Conference is aimed at senior professionals across all aspects of healthcare delivery and is relevant to everyone in healthcare. It will also be accredited for clinical professionals and an application is being made to the Royal College of Physicians for medical staff.

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Intravenous literature: The WoCoVA foundation (World Congress on Vascular Access) is pleased to welcome all healthcare professionals, interested in the field of short and long term venous access to attend the second World Congress on Vascular Access in Amsterdam, the Netherlands from 27-29 June 2012.

Registration for WoCoVA 2012 is now available, we have a special early bird fee for full registration before March 1st 2012. So make sure you register on time.

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Intravenous conference: The 2012 CVAA Conference Committee invites you to submit an abstract for a poster presentation at the 37th annual CVAA conference. Deadline: November 30, 2011

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Intravenous conference: The Infusion Nurses Society would like to invite you to submit an oral abstract and/or poster for presentation at the 2012 INS Annual Convention and Industrial Exhibition at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, NV, April 28–May 3.

The deadline for submission is December 15, 2011. Selected oral abstract and poster presenters will be notified after January 5, 2012.

Click here to submit an oral abstract.

Click here to submit a poster presentation.

Intravenous conference: Free webinar that will focus on a new concept in peripherally inserted central venous catheter practice — the ratio between the catheter and the vessels they are inserted in. Venous stasis is a contributing factor that leads to thrombosis; the impact that large lumen catheters have on stasis will be explored. Incorporation of this concept may guide clinicians in more appropriate catheter and vessel selection for PICC insertion.

When:

Thursday, October 27, 2011, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EDT or 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM EDT

Topics:

Understanding Catheter Vessel Ratio and its Impact on Venous Stasis (Dr. Thomas Nifong)
Individualizing PICC Selection for Positive Patient Outcomes (Cheryl Kelley RN, BSN, VA-BC)

To register, click on the link for your preferred time:

Enter code FS15 (required)

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Intravenous conference: AVA report “2012 marks AVA’s 26th Annual Scientific Meeting with at least 1,000 attendees which include 60–70 industry partners. The meeting site is the San Antonio Convention Center in San Antonio, TX. AVA demonstrates its leadership role in the art and science of vascular access. This four day conference (October 16-19, 2012) provides attendees with opportunities to participate in educational sessions, hands-on training, facilitated discussion, and networking. General sessions focus on development of the vascular access specialty, clinical research, professional development, technological advances, and evidence-based practice.”

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Intravenous conference: The RCN report “The new RCN guidance on the prevention of sharps injuries will be launched at these half-day workshops. The Health Protection Agency will set the scene and delegates will be taken through the key requirements of the directive. Steps already taken by others to improve sharps safety will be demonstrated through case studies and you will leave with:

• an understanding of the directive, its aims and your responsibilities
• actions to get management buy-in and funding for improving sharps safety
• examples of how improvements have been made and the difference they have made to practise
• knowledge to identify barriers to improvement and how to overcome them.

A copy of the new RCN guidance will be given to each delegate.”

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Intravenous conference: TargetBSI report “In April 2011, the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC) released updated evidenced-based guidelines for preventing intravascular catheter-related infections. However, the dissemination of infection prevention recommendations does not necessarily lead to changes in bedside practice. How do we ensure that these evidence-based practices are implemented in our healthcare organization? How do we promote change?

This program will review the major areas of emphasis of the HICPAC guidelines, including several unresolved issues that the Committee addressed. The speaker will discuss barriers that can affect acceptance and implementation of evidence-based infection prevention recommendations and review strategies that have been used successfully to overcome these barriers.”

The webinar will be presented on two dates:

• Tuesday, October 25, 2011, at 12 pm ET
• Thursday, October 27, 2011, at 2 pm ET

This webinar lasts approximately one hour and fifteen minutes.

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Intravenous conference: VAM report “With an estimated 7 million central venous catheters placed per year and hundreds of millions of needleless connectors used with those catheters, a clear understanding is needed on the impact of these connectors on the incidence of occlusion. Catheter occlusion is the most common non-infectious complication associated with the use of venous access devices, occurring in as much as 33% of central venous catheters.

Changes in technology have resulted in movement away from needle-based injection sites to needleless connectors creating a need for additional education on reflux caused by physiological and mechanical actions of the body and the connectors. Blood reflux back into the catheter establishes an environment promoting thrombus formation leading to partial and total occlusions of the catheter. This presentation focuses on an in vitro study demonstrating the result of differing amounts of reflux found in some neutral and negative displacement connectors. Emphasis is placed on impact of occlusion related to cost and potential infections with considerations for solutions.”

A Special Webinar Event for VAM, in collaboration with Baxter featuring an Extended Question and Answer Panel.

• Speaker: Nancy L. Moureau, BSN, RN, CRNI, CPUI, VA-BC
• Panelist: Lorelle Wuerz, BS, RN, MSN, VA-BC
• Moderator/Panelist: Deb Richardson, MS, RN, CNS

Following the webinar, the participants will be able to:

• Evaluate the impact of needleless connectors on incidence of thrombosis and occlusion
• Discuss in vitro study that demonstrates how technology changes impact occlusion
• Determine solutions to reduce cost and incidence of thrombotic occlusions with central venous catheters.

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