AVATAR Multimedia

Webber Training Teleclass Education

Free global teleclasses on infection prevention, patient safety, and healthcare innovation. Access recordings, slides, and join a worldwide IPC network.

Evidence-Based List of Vesicant Medications

Presented by Lisa Gorski, Lynn Hadaway & Barb Nickel for AVATAR.

Wiser Wound Care

Update on Peripheral IV Catheter Clinical Care Standards. Learn how to prevent wound complications and improve outcomes.

Essential Practices for CVADs

Free and informative resources from Cancer Institute NSW & eviQ Education.

Central Venous Access Devices

Series of 8 videos on clinical procedures for central venous access devices by Cancer Institute NSW and eviQ Education.

eviQ CVAD Course

Course to support and guide CVAD clinical management using best available evidence.

Assessing a Peripheral IV Cannula

Ausmed video by Dr Gillian Ray-Barruel, Senior Research Fellow with AVATAR.

Shared with permission by Ausmed (www.ausmed.com.au)

miniMAGIC - IV Catheter Guide

Quick video by A/Prof Amanda Ullman + MAGIC guidelines for safer IV choices.

Dr. Vineet Chopra (U-M Medical School, VA Ann Arbor, and IHPI) introduces the Michigan Appropriateness Guideline for Intravenous Catheters (MAGIC), a research- and consensus-based tool to help choose the safest, most appropriate IV device for each patient.

For consumers: http://umhealth.me/PICCvid
For clinicians: http://umhealth.me/piccvid2

I-DECIDED® Assessment Tool

Evidence-based, valid and reliable vascular access device assessment and decision tool.

IV Flushing Video

Excellent teaching video: IV Maintenance - Application of Science to Practice.

Central Venous Catheter (IJV)

The emergency procedures team have taken a deep dive into artificial evidence tools and had a hard think about many of the details on this procedure.

Catheter/Vein Scale

Chart for determining catheter size/length versus appropriate vein diameter and depth from ultrasound assessment.

Ultrasound Guided Vascular Access

Overview of the process and procedure with top tips for success

Practice Guidelines for Central Venous Access 2020

An updated report by the American Society of Anesthesiologists Task Force on Central Venous Access.

DIVA Blood Collection Service

Mini documentary on ultrasound-guided pathology specimen collection, improving patient engagement and reducing painful attempts.

State of the Art in Vascular Access Seminar

Videos from the 2017 AVATAR seminar covering PIVCs, CVADs, and paediatric vascular access.

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PIVC Insertion, Maintenance & Removal

AVATAR educational video, developed with Baxter, showing best practices to reduce complications and failures.

Is Your Doctor Choosing the Right IV?

Article in The Conversation by Dr Vineet Chopra & Dr Scott Flanders.

IV Device Infection Risks Webinar

20-minute ACIPC webinar presented by Dr Gillian Ray-Barruel from AVATAR Group.

Clinically Indicated Site Rotation

Presentation by Marcia Wise at AVA ASM 2015 on moving toward clinically indicated site rotation.