@TaniaSorrell University of Sydney The Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences report (bit.ly/3a9YFm3) was guided by 22 Academy Fellows: Fran Baum @ CrabbBrendan Mark Harris Sharon Lewin Prof Claire Rickard Julian Savulescu @ProfPaulYoung Prof Ingrid Scheffer Ian Hickie & others from@Austin_Health Burnet Institute CSL and...

Making vascular access complications history! Prof Claire Rickard Amanda Ullman Samantha Keogh RN PhD @graybarruel Andrew C. Bulmer Vineet Chopra

And the leaders of research, check out this paper - 186 nurse-led randomised controlled trials pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36737840/ Prof Claire Rickard

Learn how the I-DECIDED® tool is transforming IV catheter care in Australian hospitals: - 7.5% device use increase - 4.4% fewer idle catheters - 5.2% less catheter complications Read More: bit.ly/46Euay @graybarruel Vineet Chopra Prof Claire Rickard Queensland Health

Thrilled to see Australia’s PIVC Clinical Care Standard inspiring work in the USA and representation to Washington #avasm23 Association for Vascular Access AVATAR Group ACSQHC

So great to welcome ⁦Prof Claire Rickard⁩ ⁦Jess Schults⁩ ⁦@graybarruel⁩ and many members of the ⁦AVATAR Group⁩ to ⁦University of Colorado Anschutz⁩ and ⁦CU Anschutz Department of Medicine⁩! Many good US-Australia collaborations with ⁦CU Anschutz School of Medicine⁩ and ⁦Michigan HMS⁩ coming!

Hot off The Press - Our systematic review of dressing and securement for CVCs shows #CHG dressing can effectively reduce #CLABSI. More information via authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S00… Griffith University Nursing & Midwifery QUT Nursing AVATAR Group AustVASociety Association for Vascular Access Amanda Ullman Prof Claire Rickard

Join us on a journey of discovery as we delve into "Real-world strategies for meeting the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care PIVC Clinical Care Standard": acipcconference.com.au/registration/ Prof Claire Rickard @graybarruel ACIPC AustVASociety @3MHealthCare #AVATAR

Stay informed with the latest global insights on CLABSI prevention and invaluable gap analysis learnings from a leading teaching hospital: acipcconference.com.au/registration/ Prof Claire Rickard @graybarruel @3MHealthCare ACIPC AustVASociety #CLABSI #AVATAR #Healthcare

LLD is safe for PIVC US probe decontamination #ACIPC23 Nathan Peters AVATAR Group @MetroNorthHHS Patrick Harris

Multimodal QI including #IDecided reduces #PIVC infection risk Nicola Isles Healthscope #ACIPC23 @graybarruel AVATAR Group ACIPC

Great evidence updates for #PIVC and #CLABSI including implementation of ACSQHC Standard and SHEA Compendium at #ACIPC23 @graybarruel Samantha Keogh RN PhD Karen Davies Matthew Mcdonnell Cath Miller Cath Li thanks session sponsor @3MHealthCare AVATAR Group AustVASociety

Packed room for IPC workforce education & dev’t #ACIPC23 Peta-Anne Zimmerman Belinda Henderson Marg Leong ACIPC Griffith University Nursing & Midwifery

This is such a landmark moment for the SNAP Trial. The trial's first participant in the UK and 1726th participant globally. Thanks Michelle and the NIHR UCLH Biomedical Research Centre team!

Congratulations to TEAM ACTA Australian Clinical Trial of the Year award!! ANZICS Clinical Trials Group anzicrc #ACTA2023 with our gratitude to the patients who participated and the site staff across 6 countries for their hard work.

Thrilled our team won the Australian Clinical Trials Alliance 2023 Consumer Involvement Award for our ACCELERATE Plus Trial to improve patient safety. SPHERE Clinical Excellence Commission #ACTA2023 Jacqui Cross

Dive into a wealth of groundbreaking research and publications in the field of vascular access on the AVATAR website's Publication Section! Explore AVATAR's Publications: avatargroup.org.au/our-publicatio… #AVATAR #VascularAccess #HealthcareInnovation #MedicalResearch #KnowledgeHub

Celebrating the incredible AVATAR community! Tricia Orlaith Hernon Kerrie Curtis Jess Schults Dr Hui (Grace) Xu Emily Larsen Evan Alexandrou Deanne August Children's Health Queensland @MetroNorthHHS School of Nursing and Midwifery UofG AustVASociety Griffith University Nursing & Midwifery UQ Health UOW School of Nursing UniSC: University of the Sunshine Coast CNSA South Western Sydney Local Health District

#difficultaccess is such a challenge in healthcare right now - we hope this paper helps sum up the published options