The Pediatric Special Interest Group Announces the One Million Pokes Saved CampaignIt is estimated that 90% of children entering the hospital setting will likely experience a needlestick or “poke”. As seasoned clinicians we know that in the world of neonates and pediatrics, attaining access in one stick is often difficult- even in the best of circumstances. Complicating this scenario is limited highly skilled vascular access inserters. In the end, we have increasing venipuncture attempts, needlestick pain, distraught families, children traumatized, and poor overall outcomes.

The Pediatric Special Interest Group is announcing a campaign to raise awareness to this problem. Our goal is simple: to reduce ‘pokes’ for infants and children.

Through the campaign, our goal is to advance research to better understand the problem and study initiatives to reduce pokes. We plan to focus on education, awareness, and the creation of resources to help hospitals and health care providers. It’s a big project and we have a lot of work ahead of us.

“We” means YOU! At the AVA Scientific Meeting we will have opportunities to sign up for areas that you are interested in. We will extend this opportunity to our general membership as well. Please keep your eyes on AVA emails for more information soon.

We can imagine the day that children don’t experience unnecessary pokes. There will be many parents who don’t sweat watching their child get poked. They won’t even know they were spared. But we will. Hope you will join us in this campaign. We will be sending out more information so that you can get involved.

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VACC Update

AVA Impact AwardWinners Announced

AVATAR Update

Meet Your Candidates

AVA Bylaws Webinar

AVA Foundation

AVA 30th AnniversaryGala

Network News

LITEVAN Conference:Vascular Access a World of Possibilities

CenTexVAN NetworkMember Spotlight:Christina Gatmaiten

SAVE THE DATE: 2016NHAVA / MEVAN Vascular Access Conference

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TOOLSGenerate tools that help

build skills needed to

implement change.

SPECIAL SKILLS & KNOWLEDGEDetermine the groundwork of education and special skills required to preserve children's precious vasculature and how to share that knowledge with others.

RESEARCHCreate a vision for future research to

contribute evidence that is currently

lacking in pediatric vascular access.

PARTNERSHIPDevelop collaborative relationships

with pediatric focused organizations

and institutions to raise awareness

and champion change.

#1MPokes

Every child entering a hospital settingwill likely experience a needlestick

Children fear being poked.This is the greatest fear for hospitalized children.

As pediatric healthcare providers we are taking a stand toimprove needle stick success for children around the world.

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Help Raise Awareness through research, education, tool development, and partnershipto find solutions to reduce needle sticks for infants and children around the worldJoin us

The Vascular Access Certification Corporation wishes to congratulate the 286 clinicians who passed the June 2016 exam. In addition to the US based test takers one Canadian, and 2 candidates from Spain passed the exam. VACC was pleased to be able to offer the VA-BC™ exam during the June 2016 WoCoVa conference this year that took place in Portugal. A listing of all clinicians that hold the VA-BC credential can be found at http://www.vacert.org/website/article.asp?id=280815. VACC is also offering the VA-BC™ BC exam during the AVA Scientific meeting

in September 2016 for our international attendees. More information about this can be found athttp://www.vacert.org/website/article.asp?id=282550.

VACC is in the process of updating it’s web site. Completion of this update is expected in the next 90 days. The new web site will have a facelift and be more user friendly.

VACC will begin to accept applications for the December 2016 exam seating on September 1, 2016.Early registration takes place from September 1, 2016 through September 20, 2016.

Late registration continues from September 21 through October 15th.

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NearestNetwork Is?

Learn more here.

This year AVA announced the first Impact Award, which honors and recognizes an AVA member(s) who

has made significant contributions to the specialty practice of vascular access at a local level. We would like to congratulate Darilyn Cole, Connie Girgenti, and Christine Thomas as the three Impact Award

winners for 2016. Their peers nominated them because of their exceptional leadership within their

organization, community and/or region.

Please join us in Orlandoon Saturday, September 17, 2016 at9:00 AM, as we congratulate them!

CongratulationsDarilyn Cole,

Connie Girgenti,and Christine Thomas

Keep up on all the latest PediSIGnews by clicking on our buttonon the AVA homepage, or followingthis link: www.avainfo.org/PediSIG

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AVA ASM, 16-19 September Several members of the AVATAR Group will be heading to the USA next month to catch up with our good friends and vascular access colleagues at the 30th Association of Vascular Access ASM in Orlando, Florida. AVA is always a very special event, and it’s a fabulous opportunity to showcase research, promote best practice, network with clinicians and researchers from around the globe, and discover the newest, latest and greatest in vascular access from our industry colleagues. Several of the AVATAR Group are invited speakers at this year’s event, including Dr Samantha Keogh, Dr Claire Rickard, and Amanda Ullman, this year’s recipient of the Janet Pettit Scholar award. Peter Carr promises an engaging presentation about vascular access specialist teams, and Evan Alexandrou and Gillian Ray-Barruel will present findings from the One Million Global PIVC study. It promises to be an extremely interesting 4 days, and there will hopefully be time to say hi to Mickey Mouse! If you’ll be at AVA this year, do come and say G’day! AVATAR Travel to AVA2016 is possible thanks to an educational grant from Becton Dickinson.

Consumer Engagement We are interested in the patient experience of IV cannulation. We currently have an online survey running for patients and parents of children who have had an IV in the past 5 years. We aim to get 1000 responses. So far, we’re up to 560.http://www.avatargroup.org.au/consumer-surveys.htmlPlease share the link with anyone who might be interested.

Social MediaDid you know you can catch up with AVATAR on social media?

If you’re interested in IV research, check out our website www.avatargroup.org.au

Catching up with the AVATAR GroupSubmitted by: Gillian Ray-Barruel, RN, PhD

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Our Recent PublicationsKeogh S, Flynn J, Marsh N, Mihala G, Davis K, Rickard C. Varied flushing frequency and volume to prevent peripheral intravenous catheter failure: a pilot, factorial randomised controlled trial in adult medical-surgical hospital patients. Trials. 2016; 17: 348. Published online 2016 Jul 26. doi: 10.1186/s13063-016-1470-6

Ullman AJ, Kleidon T, Gibson V, Long DA, Williams T, McBride CA, Hallahan A, Mihala G, Cooke M, Rickard CM. Central venous Access device SeCurement And Dressing Effectiveness (CASCADE) in paediatrics: protocol for pilot randomised controlled trials. BMJ Open 2016 3;6(6):e011197. Epub 2016 Jun 3.

Ullman AJ, Keogh S, Coyer F, Long DA, New K, Rickard CM. ‘True Blood’ The Critical Care Story:An audit of blood sampling practice across three adult, paediatric and neonatal intensive care settings. Australian Critical Care 29 (2016) 90-95. DOI: 10.1016/j.aucc.2015.06.002

Legemaat M, Carr PJ, van Rens RM, van Dijk M, Poslawsky IE, van den Hoogen A. Peripheral intravenous cannulation: complication rates in the neonatal population: a multicenter observational study. J Vasc Access. 2016 Jul 12;17(4):360-5. doi: 10.5301/jva.5000558. Epub 2016 May 31.

Rickard CM, Edwards M, Spooner AJ, Mihala G, Marsh N, Wendt T, Rapchuk I, Gabriel S, Thomson B, Corley A, Fraser JF. A 4-arm randomized controlled pilot trial of innovative solutions for jugular central venous access device securement in 221 cardiac surgical patients. Journal of Critical Care, Volume 36, December 2016, Pages 35-42. doi:10.1016/j.jcrc.2016.06.006

Zhang L, Cao S, Marsh N, Ray-Barruel G, Fynn J, Larsen E, Rickard CM. Infection risks associated with peripheral vascular catheters. Journal of Infection Prevention 1-7. DOI: 10.1177/1757177416655472 Editor’s Choice.

Broadhurst D, Moureau N, Ullman AJ. Central venous access devices site care practices: an international survey of 34 countries. J Vasc Access 2016; 17(1): 78 - 86

AVA Proposed Bylaws Webinar

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Dear AVA Members: Thank you to everyone that joined our webinar on August 17th about the AVA bylaws that will be presented to the membership for a vote this September. If you were unable to join the webinar, click here to view the recorded session. We would also like to remind you that we will be holding another webinar on Wednesday, September 7th at 8:00 PM East Coast time. To register to attend this webinar CLICK HERE. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. It is recommended that you please check your computer to make sure you can attend the webinar. That can be done at View System Requirements Like the previous webinar, this presentation will be hosted by Mark Rowe (Past President of AVA), Marcia Wise (Past President of AVA and Herbst Award recipient) and Lee Grossman (AVA CEO). They will share

information on the proposed changes, as well as answer your questions.

For those that wish to listen via conference call, the call in number is (562) 247-8321, Access Code: 746-843-275 and follow along with the PowerPoint slides you can download below.

Before and during the webinar, you may email your questions to thutchison@avainfo.org. Thank you for your interest and we look forward to having you on the webinar.

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It’s almost that time again ~ time for you to “Connect the Dots”. The AVA Foundation will once again be hosting the Connect the Dots game at the AVA 2016 Scientific Meeting in Orlando. Your convention registration bag will have the Foundation bingo type card. Take that card to the AVA Foundation affiliate sponsors booths to receive your dot. Once your card is full, bring it to the AVA booth and receive your free gift. It’s as easy as that. While you’re at the booth, buy a raffle ticket (or several) for your chance to win one of our exciting prizes. Or while you’re there, you could make a donation towards research and education in vascular access. And remember, your donation is tax deductible. What about those not able to attend the Scientific Meeting in Orlando this year? Stay tuned! We are working on ways to connect with you all year round. It’s almost that time again ~ time for you to “Connect the Dots”. The AVA Foundation will once again be hosting the Connect the Dots game at the AVA 2016 Scientific Meeting in Orlando. Your convention registration bag will have the Foundation bingo type card. Take that card to the AVA Foundation affiliate sponsors booths to receive your dot. Once your card is full, bring it to the AVA booth

and receive yourfree gift. It’s as easy as that. While you’re at the booth, buy a raffle ticket(or several) for your chance to win one of our exciting prizes. Or while you’re there, you could make a donation towards research and education in vascular access. And remember, your donation is tax deductible. What about those not able to attend the Scientific Meeting in Orlando this year? Stay tuned! We are working on ways to connect with you all year round.

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CenTexVAN Network Member SpotlightSubmitted by: Lynn Deutsch MSN, RN, CRNI®, VA-BC™, President

SAVE THE DATE: 2016 NHAVA / MEVAN Vascular Access Conference

LITEVAN is pleased to report we wrapped up another successful annual educational conference on April 14-15, 2016. This was our 44th annual conference and this years’ program was a hit. The theme this year was “Vascular Access A World of Possibilities,” and our lineup of speakers and topics held true to our concept. A few of the topics and speakers were Journey to Clinical Indication presented by Chellie DeVries, BS, MPH, CIC, Reaching New Heights in Understanding CVC Complications: Heighten Your DVT Awareness presented by Mike Brazunas, RN, BSN, VA-BC™, and Liability under the ACS What Vascular Clinicians Need to Know presented by Russ Nassof, JD, just to name a few. We had 90 attendees and 20 exhibitors. We had several companies sponsor speakers: Ethicon Biopatch, BARD, PDI, Angiodynamics, 3M, Eloquist. In addition, we received an Educational Grant from B Braun. Please save the date to join us April 20-21, 2017, for our 45th Annual Educational Conference!

CenTexVAN member Christina Gatmaiten MSN, RN, VA-BC™ has gone above and beyond to help organize the San Antonio meetings. Christina sends out emails, helps with obtaining information for CEUs, and makes room reservations for the meetings. Christina is also an expert in connecting the speaker’s computers to the audio-visual equipment. Christina has amazing organizational skills and her efforts have helped increase CenTexVAN’s membership. In addition, Christina is a true “cradle to the grave” vascular access specialist. She is able to provide the best

ACCOUNTABLE VASCULAR ACCESS –DRIVING MINDFUL PATIENT CARE

November 11th and 12th 2016at the Sheraton Hotel Portsmouth, NH

Friday November 11th - Preconference workshops from 8am – 4pm - Networking Event - 2nd New Hampshire Vascular Access Leadership Summit 6pm – 9pm

Saturday November 12th - Annual Conference and Sponsor Exhibits 8am – 430pm

vascular access for any age patient that is admitted to the Methodist Hospital system where Christina has worked for over 25 years. Christina is a walking encyclopedia. She keeps up with the latest research. Christina believes in mentoring and shares her knowledge with all her teammates. Christina attends department meetings and informs her hospital leaders of the latest evidenced-based vascular access practices. On behalf of the CenTexVAN board, I want to thank Christina for your hard work in making CenTexVAN successful.

We hope you can join us at the Historic Portsmouth Seaport November 11th and 12th 2016 for a variety of Vascular Access events designed to stimulate ideas for patient care improvement, system accountability, value development, and professional knowledge and skill enhancement.

More information to follow! We encourage you to mark your calendars for a historic vascular access education weekend in Portsmouth, NH!

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The Second Edition of the‘Chart of Pediatric CVCMaintenance Bundles’

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Package of 5 Members: $40Non-members: $50Shipping included

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.

For complete instructions see:Information for Authors at www.avajournal.org Or contact Lois Davis Editor at Ldavis@avainfo.org

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