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Evaluation On-Demand Video ViewAttendees 42

Abstract Submission

Leadership

(H3) Why is Vascular Access so Variable in the United States? When the AVA message meets the Real World...

Saturday, September 20, 2025
4:45 PM - 5:45 PM ET
Location: Lafayette 1-2
Earn 1 CE Hour(s)
On-Demand
Disclosure(s):
Jack LeDonne, MD, VA-BC: BD/BARD: Consultant (Ongoing); Eloquest Healthcare: Consultant (Ongoing), Speaker's Bureau (Ongoing); Ethicon, BIOPATCH: Speaker's Bureau (Ongoing)
Adam Friedlander, MD, FCCP: No financial relationships to disclose
Simon Astor, MD: No financial relationships to disclose
The practice of Vascular Access in the United States is extremely variable. Dr. LeDonne will describe his personal account of delivering video-based presentations on the Relationship between the Insertion of a CVAD and the Care and Maintenance of the device. Following the presentations, Jack had been contracted to teach the theory and technical processes demonstrated during the presentation, i.e., a training course. Universally, the institutions agree that a "better" method of Vascular Access was presented.
Despite agreeing with the presented content, many of the institutions will not move to adopt the procedures. Two physicians, Adam Friedlander and Simon Astor, will discuss the issues/hurdles related to adopting processes that they believe are superior. One physician will describe how he was able to adopt. The other physician will explain why his institution did not adopt the "new" procedures.

Learning Objectives:

  • The audience will appreciate the extreme variability of Vascular Access procedures in the United States
  • the attendees will understand some of the hurdles in adopting the AVA principles of Modern Vascular Access
  • the audience will appreciate why an institution was able to adopt "new" techniques
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