The CVAA Guidelines are being launched at the Annual Conference in Quebec City (April 24-26, 2019) and the CVAA Board and Guideline Development Group are so excited to share them with you!

Each week leading up to the launch, we will be sharing a sneak peek. 

This week, VAD Selection and Insertion! The topics included in the Guidelines > VAD Selection and Insertion:

• VAD Planning and Device Selection
• Venous Site Selection
• Local Anaesthesia
• VAD Insertion
• CVAD Exchange

Some highlights include: 

• Device selection table
• How to determine a patient’s vascular access needs
• Which sites NOT to use for VAD
• Site selection considerations for PVAD, midline, PICC, tunneled and nontunneled CVAD
• Which type of local anaesthetic to use
• How to prepare the site for VAD insertion
• Vessel dilation
• Catheterto-vein ratio
• Optimal tip location and vein visualization technology
• ​​​​​​​When to avoid CVAD exchange