INSIDE AVA, CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS PAGE modalities, insertion techniques, securement, dressing, and documentation is essential.” Please visit www.avainfo.org/page/PositionPapers to read all current position papers.
devices intended for infusion or phlebotomy, excluding devices intended for monitoring of biomedical therapies, starting with the assessment of the patient and ending with the removal of the device.
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On March 16, AVA held a special meeting for network leaders to celebrate moving into 2021 and, hopefully, the soon-to-be post-COVID-19 era. The network representatives and AVA staff had a lively discussion on partnering in 2021, including how to become more multidisciplinary within our memberships.
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To help achieve these goals, the staff launched a survey to network leaders to identify ways to support growth and success. Working together is especially important as we look forward to meeting AVA’s mission of being truly multidisciplinary. Other discussions included how to work together to deliver continuing education hours for virtual events. “AVA on the Road,” a new program for industry partners, is offered to networks. This traveling webinar allows industry partners to re-broadcast a previously presented webinar at a network meeting. Please contact avainfo@avainfo.org for more information.
CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINES INITIATIVE FORMS TEAMS, STARTS DEEP DIVE The AVA staff is excited to be working with a tremendous group of subject matter experts from around the world for the development of AVA’s first evidence-based Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPG). This initiative is a result of growing interest over the past decade for a standardized framework for healthcare professionals inserting and caring for vascular access devices. The CPG initiative is expected to be a two-year project with most of the work occurring in the first six months. Six teams will meet regularly to discuss and draft the guidelines, align statements with current evidence and research, and decide where a consensus agreement needs to be applied. The project will include all aspects of vascular access
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WHAT’S IN THE SPRING 2021 JAVA? The Journal of the Association for Vascular Access (JAVA) is a member benefit with free access to articles for all current AVA members. Please visit meridian. allenpress.com/java for more hot articles including: • CE Article: Use of an Evidence-Based Protocol for Repositioning Peripherally Inserted Central Catheters (PICCs) in Children and Adults • Comparison of Patency in 5- and 6-mm Hemodialysis Grafts • Placing a Hemodialysis Catheter in Patients With Multiple Access Failure and Exhausted Usual Approachable Veins: Egyptian Single Center Experience
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