The 33rd Annual Association for Vascular Access (AVA) Scientific Meeting will be held at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas—and Eloquest Healthcare will be there in the Exhibit Hall at Booth #318! AVA 2019 will occur from October 4^th – 7^th (pre-conference workshops are on October 3^rd). The four-day meeting has a packed schedule with general sessions led by world-class speakers, informative educational breakout sessions, and many opportunities for networking with colleagues.

This Scientific Meeting provides an opportunity for over 1400 attendees to improve practice and patient outcomes by participating in educational sessions, new product demonstrations, and hands-on clinical training.

Check out the full schedule of educational presentations and exhibitor education here!

The Association for Vascular Access (AVA) is an organization of healthcare professionals to support the specialty of vascular access. The mission of AVA is to lead healthcare by protecting patients and providers to improve lives.

AVA’s multidisciplinary membership – including nurses, physicians, infection preventionists, and industry representatives – come together to advance research, provide professional and public education to shape practice, and enhance patient outcomes.

Catheter-related bloodstream infections (CRBSIs) are a serious complication related to vascular access and are associated with increased hospital length of stay, mortality, and costs. Data suggests that dressing disruptions are a major risk factor for catheter-related infections¹. Eloquest Healthcare is committed to helping facilities avoid premature vascular access dressing changes thereby reducing risk of infection and skin injury.

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month! One in eight women in the United States will be diagnosed with Breast Cancer in her lifetime. Breast Cancer Awareness is important to Eloquest Healthcare. Throughout October and at AVA 2019, the Eloquest team will be fundraising for the National Breast Cancer Foundation. NBCF’s mission is to support those affected by breast cancer through early detection and education.

Eloquest Healthcare will make a donation to the NBCF for every hospital that signs up for a vascular access dressing risk assessment.* It is a simple, fast process that provides a concise summary of the facility’s infection risk, nurse efficiency, and product waste. If the risk assessment occurs before the end of breast cancer awareness month, we’ll double the donation.

Donate to this worthy cause while obtaining your facility’s custom analysis. Make a note to stop by Booth #318 and sign up!

Don’t want to wait until AVA 2019 for your facility’s custom vascular access dressing risk assessment? Complete the form below!

We look forward to seeing you in Las Vegas!

* A $10 donation will be made for made for each facility that signs up to complete a vascular access dressing risk assessment. For each risk assessment scheduled and completed between October 1 – October 31, 2019, the donation will be doubled to $20. Donations will be made to the National Breast Cancer Foundation on or before November 15, 2019.

1. Timsit J, et al. Dressing disruption is a major risk factor for catheter-related infections. Crit Care Med. 2012; 40(6): 1707-1714.