(J3) Elevating Vascular Access: Implementing the New CVAA Guidelines

This session will provide an overview on pertinent updates in the revised CVAA Guidelines for 2024. These national guidelines help support clinicians to be advocates and be champions for change in their organization to standardize care, implement guideline recommendations, and minimize variation of clinical practices. Over the past year and a half, content experts from various practice settings caring for diverse patient populations have been working tirelessly to collate updated evidence-based practices from trusted resources and literature in vascular access and infusion therapy. Comprehensive practice guideline recommendations for vascular access and infusion therapy were developed and accepted with 100% consensus of the Working Group, incorporating core competencies, device selection, insertion, complication prevention and management, and infusion therapy. This 2nd edition extended recommendations to include five additional chapters and incorporated the Aseptic Non Touch Technique (ANTT®) Framework as a core principle.

These Guidelines provide standardized evidence-informed recommendations and supporting resources for safe vascular access and infusion therapy for patients. Most importantly, they provide a standard of practice to be used as a basis for an organization’s policy development and evaluation. By applying these recommendations, healthcare professionals can optimize their knowledge and skills to enhance patient outcomes and create unique opportunities for collaboration and knowledge sharing on how to optimize quality outcomes related to vascular access and infusion therapy.