March 2023 IQ

Intravascular QUARTERLY

Global Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in the Intervascular Quarterly Newsletter are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official policies or positions of the Association for Vascular Access (AVA) or any of its leaders, volunteers, employees, committees, networks or other groups associated with AVA. For information on this publication, please email info@avainfo.org.

As you know, our CEO position has been vacant for a few months. The Board has spent considerable time determining our best road forward as we know that CEO turnover has been a chronic issue. It came up several times in our survey results which confirmed that it is an issue that concerns our membership as well. After research and consideration by a task force of the Board, a recommendation was made to engage an Association Management Company. Request For Proposals were sent out and the responses were analyzed for the best fit for AVA.

After careful consideration of the proposals and interviews, the board selected Talley Management Group (TMG). They manage 35 associations, primarily in the healthcare space. They have over 35 years of experience in association management and have clients who have been with their company from their beginning. The partnership with Talley will begin officially on March 1st and will provide us with staff and services that we currently must outsource. We look forward to working with them to implement our strategic plan and help us move AVA forward.

Tonya Hutchison, Judy Thompson, and Blake Hotchkiss will be employed by Talley and continue to serve AVA as they have in the past. We anticipate that TMG will provide them valuable support in their roles and will help us move AVA forward as an even stronger organization. We appreciate the work that Kayce Maisel and Jennifer Finlayson have done for AVA and wish them well as they move to their new endeavors.

Thank you, AVA Board

of Directors

PLEASE WELCOME YOUR 2023 PediNeoSIG BOARD

The start of 2023 brings us hope and excitement as we embark on a fresh start to a new year! PediNeoSIG welcomes all of those who have chosen to provide quality vascular access to our most vulnerable population.

As your PediNeoSIG chair, I am honored to work with the following group of individuals who will serve on the Executive Leadership Council (ELC) of the special interest group. We look forward to seeing everyone this fall in Portland at our annual AVA conference.

KATIE FRATE, CHAIR

If I had to choose a career all over again, I would choose the same job! I love what I do for one of the most vulnerable populations.

When I am not at wokring, you would most likely catch me at Disney World with my kiddos!

ANGELA ALDERMAN, CHAIR ADVISOR

I am an avid cyclist and love the ocean!

When I am not working, I really enjoy gardening and baking!

JANE HARTMAN, DIRECTOR AT LARGE

I love the beach.

I am expecting my 4th grandbaby in August.

CHAT RAZDAN, BOD LIAISON

Originally from Baltimore and a proud UVA alum When not talking Care+Wear, I can be found cheering on all Baltimore and UVA sports teams!

I slowly run up and down the west side highway 5x a week and love maintaining an active lifestyle!

KACEY WISEMAN, CHAIR ELECT

A sunny day by the water with the people who mean the most to me is my ideal day.

I love live music, a show at Red Rock Amphitheater is a bucket list destination.

Reading an entire book in one sitting is a forgotten pastime.

LOUIS CIPRIANO, D-TEAM JR LIAISON

We’re expecting our 2nd child June 2023!

My birthday is Cinco de Mayo.

Most of my family lives on an island 1/5th the size of NYC.

DANIELLE BAKER, D-TEAM SENIOR LIAISON

I’m a boy mom. If you can’t find me im likely at soccer field somewhere in Texas.

If I have too much time on my hands, I’ll start a DIY home reno project that most likely would be cheaper if I hired a professional…..But I really like my nail gun.

NAEL MHAISSEN, BOD LIAISON

My name means “winner” in Arabic; My friends whom I play poker with strongly disagree!

I love cooking and dancing: not at the same time, although I have done both together before!

CALL FOR 2023 PEDIATRIC/NEONATAL GRAND ROUNDS SUBMISSIONS

Vascular access specialists face and solve numerous care challenges every day. As you read this, likely a recent challenge with a patient and your solution may come to mind. You may have wondered if any of your colleagues have encountered this type of situation and what worked for their patient. Wouldn’t this be important to share? This is exactly the collaborative magic that vascular access specialists thrive on.

The Pediatric/Neonatal Grand Rounds will now be in its 8th year this fall. This session was conceived to provide a national and now international forum incorporating real cases representing

• A unique presentation of a vascular accessrelated complication

• An unusual vascular access challenge or outcome

• An unusual vascular access complication

• An ethical challenge or controversy related to vascular access

• A patient-safety related concern or case

Since its inception, participation in the Pediatric/Neonatal Grand Rounds has provided a welcoming venue for those new or experienced in presenting to grow in national engagement. This event has consistently shown its value in building the community of pediatric/ neonatal vascular access clinicians. At the Annual Scientific Meeting, this session has grown in breadth and popularity each year and has consistently reached “standing room only” each time.

This year, the AVA Foundation presents its Premier National Vascular Access Grand Rounds. Similar to the Pediatric/Neonatal Grand Rounds criteria, clinicians are encouraged to consider submitting their cases of vascular access challenges in patients over 18 years of age through the lifespan. These include a unique presentation of a vascular accessrelated complication, an unusual complication, challenge or outcome, an ethical challenge or controversy or a patient-safety related case. The submissions will be peer-reviewed and accepted presenters will be recognized for participation in the first Association for Vascular Access (AVAF) National Grand Rounds. Your work is immeasurably important to your patients every day. Please consider sharing unique situations meeting the above criteria to help your professional colleagues grow to ensure more patients benefit from optimal vascular access practices. The Call for Submissions for the Pediatric/Neonatal Grand Rounds and the AVAF Ground Rounds will be forthcoming shortly. One of our greatest benefits of AVA is learning from each other to advance vascular access care. We look forward to learning from you!

AVA 2022 CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS

Another

conference has come and gone!

The energy was surreal as we all gathered in Minneapolis for yet another successful conference. Henry Ford states “Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is Success”. We would like to share some highlights of this year’s conference.

We kicked off conference with our Pediatric and Neonatal Hand’s on workshop. This pre-conference had the most registered attendees to date! The stations included, ultrasound training, advanced insertion techniques including MST and needle over the sheath in pediatric and neonatal PICC insertion, setting up a sterile field/donning sterile gloves and gown. The session concluded with a mock PICC insertion. We ended the evening with our annual PediNEOSIG reception. We were surrounded by good company and cocktails courtesy of our generous vendor sponsors.

Congratulations to Stephanie Pitts, DNP, RN, CPN, VA-BCTM, NEA-BC as the 2022 Suzanne La Vere Herbst Award Winner. If you did not have a chance to catch Dr. Pitts live presentation

“Transforming the Next Decade of Vascular Access”, I encourage you to watch it. The outstanding presentation touched on how far we have come in vascular access since sharpening and sterilizing our own needles to what the future holds for vascular access to thrive in the healthcare system into the next decade.

Congratulations to Mary Beth Hovda Davis, MSN, RN, VA-BCTM Janet Pettit Scholar. AVA and the Pediatric Neonatal Special Interest Group recognized Mary Beth as the 2022 Dr. Janet Pettit Scholar. Mary Beth has provided visionary leadership for neonatal and pediatric clinicians. She has served on the PediNEOSIG ELC in various roles and has been an active member for 14 years!

Mary Beth highlighted key components of vascular access care of the pediatric patient including family

centered care, the unique challenges that the pediatric population pose and discussed how vascular access programs can navigate these challenges and advance practice. Thank you for your dedication to our most vulnerable population.

The Executive leadership council would like to continue to embrace our current and future members. This allows our community to stay connected throughout the year as we continue to provide educational experiences for our neonatal and pediatric clinicians. Looking ahead, we are planning to offer a webinar in the spring, details to come.

STORIES FROM THE FRONTLINE: AN INTERVIEW WITH GEORGIE ELSON

Interviewed by Michelle L. Hawes

I believe interviews of patients with acute and chronic conditions will best spotlight what life is like on the frontline when they are dependent on vascular access. The patient’s perspective can and should inform what we do and how we do it. For this issue of IV Quarterly, I interviewed Georgie Elson.

Georgie depends on central vascular access for hydration and multiple intravenous (IV) medications. Mx. Elson is a nonbinary patient with a complicated medical history that thwarts standard-of-care and underscores the need for vascular access specialists. A specialist needs a deep understanding of all options available for the nonstandard patient.

Georgie suffered a traumatic brain injury in 2016. As a result, their Ehlers-Danllos Syndrome (EDS) and Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS) were exacerbated. EDS is a group of inherited disorders that affect connective tissue. This syndrome results in hyper-flexibility, fragile skin, and poor wound healing.1 POTS causes the heart to beat faster as an inadequate response to transitioning from sitting to standing.2

In addition, Mx. Elson has Mast Cell Activation Syndrome. This syndrome releases substances that produce signs and symptoms similar to an allergic reaction and severe inflammation.3 A daily necessity for hydration and other IV medications escalated their vascular access needs from an occasional short peripheral IV to long-term venous access.

According to Georgie, “My PICCs [peripherally inserted central catheters] would last 7 months at the longest before my skin would blister and weep from the adhesive stabilization or there would be an infection. Ultimately, my doctors advised that I switch to a Port [implanted vascular access device] to avoid adhesive issues, but they had to remove it when skin would not heal”.

Due to their EDS, the daily needle insertions and removals into the port eventually caused the skin to erode, exposing the silicone septum. Georgie then had a pediatric port placed in her chest near the right axillary fossa; unfortunately, poor placement, a right-handed person performing their access, and slow wound healing led to a port-pocket infection.

GEORGIE’S PICC AFTER 1 YEAR. ALLERGY TO CHLORHEXIDE. CLEANED WITH ALCOHOL AND BETADINE WEEKLY. DRESSED WITH SILVERLON5 & TEGADERM HP6

Mx. Elson explained what happened next, “I was back to a PICC after the ports, and the first PICC only survived 3 months. Because I am a full-time wheelchair user until I have bilateral hip surgery

GEORGIE ELSON

and my CSF [cerebral spinal fluid] leak has yet to heal, extra trips to the hospital are extremely hard for me, even when necessary. So although my PICC was working great, the blistered skin from adhesive securement was causing yet another catheter replacement and unnecessary trip to the hospital”.

Following the last PICC failure, Georgie consulted friends and social media support groups to find an answer to their securement problems. Even though Mx. Elson utilized multiple brands of adhesive securement throughout their life with a PICC, the same skin reaction impacted them every time. With the next PICC, they wanted to try something completely different.

Describing their discovery and use, Georgie said, “On social media, I found SecurAcath [subcutaneous anchored securement system] discussed by others with adhesive reactions. I researched the company’s website further and tried to figure out how I could get the device placed on a new PICC. The hospital I normally go to does not have this device and was unable to get it just for me. When they placed my current PICC on January 19th, 2022, they left 3cm out so I could get a Securacath placed later. After just 1 week with the standard adhesive securement, my skin was itchy, sore, and inflamed. I got the Securacath placed at home during a routine dressing change saving me an additional trip to the hospital. My Securacath held my PICC in place with no adhesive, no movement, and my skin reaction healed quickly. My home care nurse loves being able to clean all around the site without the usual adhesive gunk left behind.” 4

When asked about the difference between adhesive securement devices and subcutaneous anchored securement systems, they answered, “For me, there is no question that eliminating the adhesive was critical for me to maintain my PICC and avoid complications. With adhesive securement, I had constant itching, burning, and soreness under my dressing; with Securacath, there’s none. My home care nurse has gotten used to the Securacath holding the PICC in place while she cleans and dresses the site. She says she has never seen a better PICC site.”

“When I was dependent on various adhesive securement, my PICC would often back out a little with every dressing change, and sometimes my line would get shoved back into my arm accidentally. With Securacath, there is none of that because it stays with the PICC all the time. I have had my PICC for over a year and had the Securacath replaced once. Unfortunately, because of my unique connective tissue problem and the original placement near my elbow, the repeated bending eventually caused skin irritation after almost a year in place. Sadly, I had to make a 2-hour trip to the nearest hospital with Securacath as an option. It was quickly and painlessly replaced with a new angle to avoid a future issue.”

When asked what words of wisdom they have for the vascular access specialists who may read this interview, Georgie said, “I think Securacath should be at every hospital as a securement option. On social media, there are support groups for people dependent on central lines and many posts about reactions to adhesive securement. So if you are the vascular access specialist taking care of us and our lines, you should know that an alternative to adhesive can help save our skin and our lines.”

REFERENCES

1. Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome. Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research. August 25, 2022. Accessed January 31, 2023. https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/ehlersdanlos-syndrome/symptoms-causes/syc-20362125

2. Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS). Cleveland Clinic. September 9, 2022. Accessed January 31, 2023. https:// my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/16560-postural-orthostatictachycardia-syndrome-pots

3. Systemic Mastocytosis. Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research. November 20, 2020. Accessed January 31, 2023. https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/systemicmastocytosis/symptoms-causes/syc-20352859

4. SecurAcath, For Patients. Interrad Medical. Accessed January 31, 2023. https://securacath.com/for-patients/

5. Silverlon. Argentum Medical. Accessed January 31, 2023. https://www.silverlon.com/products/catheter-dressings

6. 3M Tegaderm HP Transparent Film Dressing. 3M. Accessed January 31, 2023. https://www.3m.com/3M/en_US/p/dc/ v000058085/

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NETWORK NEWS

AVACNY

On Friday, November 4th, 2022, AVACNY held its 13th Annual Teaching Day Symposium at the Craftsman Inn and Conference Center in Syracuse, NY. With over 120 attendees and 20 sponsors, the event was a huge success once again! Nurses from all over New York State attended this fantastic educational opportunity.

Speakers covered various topics, including vascular access quality improvement measures, CRBSIs, midline catheters, IV filters and nurse empowerment.

The following speakers presented this year:

Hospital Onset Bacteremia: Beyond Central Lines

Presented by Michelle DeVries, MPH CIC VA-BC™, CPHQ, FAPIC

Quality Improvement in Vascular Access: The Relationship Between Insertion and Care and Maintenance

Presented by Dr. Jack LeDonne

Strategy or Risk: The Use of Midline Catheters

Presented by Tim Spencer, DipAppSc, BHSc, ICCert, RN, APRN, VA-BC™

Empowerment & Influence in Nursing — Finding and Using Your Voice in Challenging Times

Presented by Lorelle Wuerz PhD, MSN, RN, VA-BC™, NEA-BC

Filtration and Infusion Management

Presented by Gretchen Melby, BSN, RN Clinical Specialist

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The President of AVACNY, Jan Elliott BS, RN, VA-BC™, CRNI®, opened and closed the Symposium and introduced our excellent speakers.

In 2023, our network goals are to continue to offer educational opportunities, expand our network of healthcare providers, encourage certification through Vascular Access Certification Corporation (VACC), and promote membership in the National Association for Vascular Access (AVA).

We want to thank AngioDynamics and AlayaCare for hosting our pre- and post-symposium dinners, where we discussed new advances in healthcare informatic technology and vascular access devices that will promote patient safety and provide positive outcomes for our future.

2023 brings many new opportunities to host meetings and network with clinicians and industry on new trending vascular access and infusion therapy technologies.

NETWORK NEWS

FLAVAN

President | Meagan Capen, CPNPAC, MSN, VA-BC™

The FLAVAN team is diligently working on the 12th Annual FLAVAN Summit which will take place April 29, 2023 at the Hilton Garden Inn, Cocoa Beach. We are so thankful to be able to provide this Summit for our FLAVAN Members and the Florida/Georgia Vascular Access communities this year! Registration is now open for attendees with discounted registration rates until March 31st!

President Elect | David Markle, RN, VA-BC™

Treasurer | Amanda Pierce BSN, RN, VA-BC™

Secretary | Austin Green BSN, RN, VA-BC™

FLAVAN began 2023 with two newly elected Board Members! We are so excited to add Amanda Pierce and Austin Green to our team!They bring years of Vascular Access experience, perspectives of the current Nursing and Industry arenas, and will provide additional support and fresh ideas for FLAVAN to evolve and improve how we serve our members!

Industry partners there is still time to participate in the 2023 FLAVAN Annual Summit as a Gold/Silver Sponsor or Exhibitor.

Vascular Access Practitioners and Industry Partners, please visit FLAVAN SUMMIT for more 2023 FLAVAN Annual Summit information and to register for the event!

For more FLAVAN news and upcoming events please visit our website by clicking the link FLAVAN and don’t forget to like and follow us on Facebook!

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HAVE YOU BEEN LISTENING? ISAVE That Podcast

Season 6

SEASON 6, EPISODE 1

Judy and Blake talk to Gary Wakeford and Dr. Greg Schears about the challenges of DIVA patients, approaches to assessing patients and inserting catheters in this population, and the SonoStik which can improve outcomes in these difficult scenarios.

Thank you to SonoStik for sponsoring this episode of iSaveThat Podcast!

2022: AVA’S YEAR IN REVIEW

Judy and Blake talk to our incoming president Tonya Heim MHA, MSN, RN, NEA-BC. Learn about her career and what she hopes to accomplish as she leads the Association in 2023.

SEASON 5, EPISODE 9 - A CHAT WITH MATT OSTROFF

Judy talks to Matt Ostroff about his upcoming book, presenting at AVASM22, and the 2022 ANCC Magnet Prize® awarded to St. Joseph’s University Medical Center.

Thank you to Nexus Medical for sponsoring this episode of iSaveThat Podcast!

SEASON 5, EPISODE 8 - WHY CKD PATIENTS REQUIRE THE VASCULAR ACCESS COMMUNITY TO DO BETTER TO PRESERVE THEIR VASCULATURE

Judy talks to Dr. Mike Serle about the recent AVA Scientific meeting and discusses the CKD population. The Association for Vascular Access would like to thank Medtronic for sponsoring this episode.

Mastering pediatric and neonatal vascular access device insertion is a technical challenge but a highly rewarding addition to any vascular access team.

Developing expertise in pediatric and neonatal PICCs requires knowledge and experience through evidence-based literature, including AVA’s newest educational offering, available now.

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RESOURCE GUIDE FOR VASCULAR ACCESS

The 2021 AVA Resource Guide for Vascular Access: AVA's Recommended Study Guide for Vascular Access Board Certi cation provides an overview of basic vascular access knowledge and covers essential elements that clinicians implement on a daily basis. Throughout the Resource Guide, readers have access to high de nition images, videos, illustrations and engaging animations that give them a greater understanding of the concepts. The guide may be used to prepare for the vascular access board certi cation examination (VA-BC™), as well as serve as a resource throughout professional practice.

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You probably already know about the ISAVE That Line campaign AVA launched 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.

On the cliniciancentered version, ISAVE stands for:

Implement insertion care and maintenance bundles

Scrupulous hand hygiene

Always disinfect every needleless connector

Vein Preservation

Ensure Patency

Introducing our NEW addition to the ISAVE family that supports this program from the ground level: A patient-friendly version. Written and edited by patients and caregivers, this new resource is completely FREE as a downloadable PDF. Please share and distribute this resource in your facilities, with your colleagues, on your social media platforms, with your patients and with your family. We simply ask that you not amend it without prior permission from AVA.

On the patientcentered version, ISAVE stands for:

Inform

Remember, purchasing official ISAVE assets directly helps AVA advance its mission, which is Protect the Patient

| Educate the Clinician | Save the Line. You can also support the AVA Foundation, which focuses on advancing Education, Research and Innovation in vascular access.

Take the pledge, be involved and join AVA in our mission to keep our patients free of infection!

If you’d like laminated full-size sheet versions of this patient asset already printed, we have those available for sale in the AVA store in packs of 10 for $25.

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ADEMY

The Association for Vascular Access (AVA), in collaboration with The Clinician Exchange (TCX), launched a new, best-in-class learning management system tailored to aspiring and established vascular access clinicians.

Providing cutting edge training, critically-acclaimed presentations from scientific meetings, journal review courses and much more, AVA Academy is a groundbreaking initiative that advances the heart of AVA’s mission – Protect the Patient | Educate the Clinician | Save the Line. Academy curriculum is now available to the public, and to active AVA members at a discount.

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Hours of exclusive audio interviews with the authors discussing their areas of expertise are embedded into this version of the book, as well as animated videography capturing elements from actual vascular access procedures. AVA has also elevated the overall readability, and through Apple, Amazon and Barnes & Noble has added note-taking and flash card functionality for readers.

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CALL FOR MANUSCRIPTS

We invite you to submit original manuscripts in the field of Vascular Access. We are interested in receiving manuscripts on clinical practice, education and research related to vascular access including articles on vascular access manufacturing and technology, and vascular access care and maintenance issues in hospitals, home settings, hospice, and alternative care facilities.

We also invite submissions to our Patient/Consumer Perspective column where we ask you to share personal stories or “lessons learned” about caring for, living with or having a vascular access device. In about 1000 words and in conversational style, present your story. You can submit on behalf of someone or encourage them to write it themselves.

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