Check out the new AustVASociety website and renew your membership today! #OnlyOneIV AVAS PSIG avas.org.au

A big day for #research #integrity and #quality as NHMRC, Australian Research Council and Universities Australia release the Australian Code for the Responsible Conduct of Research 2018. Read more here ow.ly/AYLs30kumpR

In critically ill children, ultrasound-guided central venous catheter placement outperforms the classical landmark technique in terms of first-attempt success, number of puncture attempts and incidence of mechanical complications. Free link rdcu.be/Almh

Does Peppa Pig encourage inappropriate use of primary care resources? Case studies of Dr Brown Bear #BMJChristmas @PeppaPigUK bmj.com/content/359/bm…

Thinking about what the patient needs ... Reducing unnecessary iv starts in children with diabetes presenting to the emergency department bmjopenquality.bmj.com/content/6/Supp…

Come on #FOAMva x.com/avatar_grp/sta…

A very productive year! Well done, team! avatargroup.org.au/our-publicatio… Prof Claire Rickard ⇷â⌤Darleny(⇅↩ ר⎇◪Ullman▘ Pete Carr @graybarruel Samantha Keogh RN PhD

Excited to announce the 1st NIVAS Scottish and Northern Ireland study day for IV Therapy and Vascular Access. Please pass the word about. NIVAS members go free, join today for only £25 per year and get free BJN and other benefits.

Ramzy Nasrallah The irony, to have complication free open heart surgery but delayed discharge due to complication of IVT AVATAR Group making IV complications history AVAS PSIG #1Mpokes #onlyone AustVASociety

Still have a large bruise from my cannula last week. Really hope clinicians & students are reminded that whilst getting a large bore cannula in is an achievement, it creates misery & pain for pts whom have them inserted unnecessarily. Can we have a lil’ #CannulationCompassion

Just wait Paediatric Vascular Access peeps, #miniMAGIC is on the way #FOAMva AVATAR Group Vineet Chopra Prof Claire Rickard x.com/hms_mi/status/…

Paediatric clinicians & researchers! Know of any clinical registries that collect Vascular Access outcomes? Damian Roland Henry Goldstein Liz Sharpe AustVASociety x.com/jess_schults/s…

Can you help? Towards a global paediatric vascular access registry dontforgetthebubbles.com/towards-a-glob…

🌹 Roses are red Veins look blue 💙 Rhyming is hard Implement insertion, care and maintenance bundles, practice scrupulous hand hygiene, always disinfect needleless connectors, stay vigilant about vessel preservation and always ensure patency Happy Valentine's Day from AVA! 💕

Study finds 1 in 4 PICCs placed in #hospitals are used for only 5 or less days David Paje Vineet Chopra University of Michigan journalofhospitalmedicine.com/jhospmed/artic… #VisualAbstract

Whose line is it anyway? With Dr Vineet Chopra, Prof Claire Rickard, Dr Evan Alexandrou. Brisbane, 26 March avatargroup.org.au/blog/whose-lin…

Time to learn from our patients experience and transform Vascular Access #FOAMva Association for Vascular Access 1MPokes x.com/graybarruel/st…

Watch out #FOAMva and #FOAMped- here comes #miniMAGIC ! Thanks to Association for Vascular Access for the support for our project - a collaboration between AVATAR Group Griffith University Vineet Chopra Michigan Medicine to help children receive the best possible vascular access practice x.com/ISaveThatLine/…

Vascular access specialist teams for device insertion and prevention of failure. Pete Carr Niall Higgins @MLCooke2 Prof Claire Rickard ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29558570

The theme of my work week was “can’t get access!” so something like this may be useful... #PaedsProblems x.com/andrewjtagg/st…