Care and Maintenance to Reduce Vascular Access Complications

Care and Maintenance to Reduce Vascular Access ComplicationsAcknowledgementStakeholders representing diverse perspectives were solicited for their feedback and the Registered Nurses’ Associationof Ontario wishes to acknowledge the following for their contribution in reviewing this Nursing Best Practice Guideline.Charlene Allin, RN, BA, CNCC(C)Gina Bagger, RN, BScNNancy A. Bauer, Hon.BA,Hon.Bus. Admin., RN, ETMichele Bellows, RN, CINA(C)Joan Bennett, RN, CINA(C)Suzanne Benoit, BScN, RN, CINA(C)Isobelle Blake, RN, BScN, CINA(C)Rosemary Bland, RN, BSN,CON(C), CINA(C), OCNRebecca Brock, RNLinda Brown, RN, BScN, CINA(C)Donna Burkart, RN, BNPat Carlson, RN, CINA(C)Risa Cashmore, RN, BSc, CIC, CINA(C)Kathleen Cranston, RN, CON(C), CCRPKimberly Dalla Bona, RN, BScN, CINA(C)Catherine Davilmar, BScN, MBASusanne Dodman, RN, BALinda Giesler, RN, BScNJocelyn Grecia Hill, RN, BSN, ONCElizabeth Hummel, RN, BScNCharge Nurse ICU/Telemetry, Leamington District Memorial Hospital,Leamington, OntarioFormer Vascular Access Resource Nurse, The Hospital for Sick Children,Toronto, OntarioProfessional Practice Leader, Leamington District Memorial Hospital,Leamington, OntarioDirector of Care and Emergency Room, Stoneridge Manor/Carleton Place andDistrict Memorial, Carleton Place, OntarioRN Surgical Day Care, Peri-operative Services, St. Michael’s Hospital,Toronto, OntarioNurse Clinician, Systemic Treatment Program, Northeastern Ontario RegionalCancer Centre of the Sudbury Regional Hospital, Sudbury, OntarioDirector of Clinical Management, Bayshore Home Health,St. Catharines, OntarioNurse Manager, Palliative Care, Oncology, and Ambulatory Care,Joseph Brant Memorial Hospital, Burlington, OntarioProgram Manager, Victorian Order of Nurses, North Bay, OntarioNurse Clinician, Chatham-Kent Health Alliance, Chatham, OntarioClinical Educator, Lake of the Woods District Hospital, Kenora, OntarioSenior Skin Health Representative, 3M Canada Company, Health Care Division,London, OntarioInfection Control Specialist, Peel Region Public Health, Brampton, OntarioInfection Control Practitioner, Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre,Thunder Bay, OntarioClinical Resource Nurse, Saint Elizabeth Health Care, Windsor, OntarioClinical Consultant, Baxter Corporation, Mount Royal, QuebecClinical Education Specialist, Baxter Corporation, Mississauga, OntarioNurse Clinician, North Bay General Hospital, North Bay, OntarioClinical Nurse Educator/Clinical Nurse Leader – IV Therapy & Home Infusion,St. Paul’s Hospital-Providence Health Care, Vancouver, British ColumbiaNurse Clinician CCU/ER, North Bay General Hospital, North Bay, Ontario4