Please note that NIVAS members can also join this webinar for free. If you are a NIVAS member and you have not received your discount code, please email [email protected]
Join us for this IV Forum webinar sponsored by B. Braun Medical Ltd, a practical session focused on reducing the risks associated with peripheral intravenous catheters (PIVCs). Designed for IPC practitioners, vascular access specialists, clinical educators, and frontline staff, the webinar brings together expert insight and real-world strategies to support safer, evidence-based care.
Attendees will explore best practice approaches to improving patient outcomes, including quality improvement initiatives, the use of care bundles, and lessons from a national hospital network. The session will also introduce the I-DECIDED tool for structured PIVC assessment. You will also be able to hear about the updated VIP scoring system within the new NIVAS Standards.
With expert speakers and an interactive Q&A, this webinar offers a valuable opportunity to learn, share, and strengthen practice to minimise risk and improve PIVC outcomes.
Agenda
11:30 – Welcome and introduction – Jan Hitchcock, IV Forum Coordinator
11:35 – Sponsor-hosted presentation: Supporting vessel health preservation with USG insertion of a longer length IV catheter – Rachel Kent, Marketing Manager, Infusion and Vascular Access and Claire Davies, Paediatric Nurse and Clinical Therapy Manager, B. Braun Medical Ltd
11:45 – Improving PIVC Outcomes across a National Hospital Network with an Evidence-Based Bundle – Dr Gillian Ray-Barruel, Senior Research Fellow, Infection Prevention and Vascular Access, Herston Infectious Diseases Institute, Metro North Hospital and Health Service, Australia
12:15 – The new NIVAS VIP score – Emily Smith, Nurse Consultant IV Access, Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
12:45 – Audience Q&A, moderated by Jane Hodson and Amanda Porter
13:00 – Close
