“3 Questions With…” is a video series showcasing thought leaders in healthcare specialties like Infection Prevention and Vascular Access. These experts provide insights, evidence, and best practices in response to pressing questions in their fields.

Eloquest Healthcare is proud to feature ‘3 Questions with Katie Frate, BSN, RN, VA-BC’. In this feature, Katie shares her source of inspiration, highlights critical yet underappreciated issues in the field of Vascular Access, and offers key recommendations for enhancing patient outcomes.

Katie Frate is a pediatric vascular access specialist and assistant nurse manager of the vascular access team at St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital in Tampa, Florida. A pediatric nurse for more than 15 years, she has focused on advancing pediatric vascular access practice since 2015.

Katie was recognized as St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital Team Member of the Year in 2021 and is an author of Standards of Care for Peripheral Intravenous Catheters: Evidence-Based Expert Consensus. She currently serves on the Executive Leadership Council of the Pediatric/Neonatal Special Interest Group (PediNeoSIG) within the Association for Vascular Access. Katie has also served on the executive board of her local AVA network and presented at national AVA conferences and international vascular access conferences.

Eloquest Healthcare, Inc. can partner with your institution to facilitate a Vascular Access Device Site Assessment to determine the state of vascular access device & dressing securement for patients in your facility, while providing you and your team with information on your facility’s infection risk, nurse efficiency, and potential product waste. Request a Vascular Access Device Site Assessment today!