7th Annual Education Day

Friday April 29, 2016

Hilton Sacramento Arden West

1. Review data surrounding risks associated with PIVs.
   
2. Discuss how care and maintenance of PIVs relates to the changing healthcare landscape
3. Identify strategies to lessen risks associated with PIV complications and sequelae

1. Propose strategies for attaining vascular access in complex patients
2. Suggest interventions to manage challenging vascular access complications
3. Discuss the practice implications of off label use of drugs and devices

1. Explore and compare the association between CVAD insertion site and patient risk.
2. Review established evidence-based practices and introduce recent innovative interventions designed to mitigate CVAD risk, including a new bundle of interventions which have shown to effectively reduce PICC-associated venous thrombosis.
3. Explore evidence, lack of evidence and controversy surrounding select current CVAD practice guidelines.
4. Discuss the evolving role of the vascular access specialist as an essential strategy in reducing risk and improving outcomes among patients requiring CVADs.

1. Discuss 4 pay for performance aspects of the ACA that will have a direct impact upon vascular clinicians
2. Identify critical risk exposure points for those four pay for performance aspects under the ACA
   
3. Describe several mitigation strategies which vascular clinicians should apply to minimize liability at those critical risk exposure points

1. Review of early and late complications.
2. Discuss iatrogenic misadventures.
3. Assessment and device troubleshooting.
4. Documentation considerations.
5. What is acceptable?