The fourth annual Pedivan conference will be March 29 and 30th in San Antonio, Texas. Below is the conference schedule. For registration information, please visit www.avainfo.org Darcy Doellman RN, BSN, CRNI, VA-BC Vascular Access Nurse, Cincinnati Childrens DAY 1
March 29, 2012 1: 00 pm - 6:00 pm 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Registration Open 1:00 pm - 1:15 pm Opening Remarks 1:15 pm - 2:15 pm IV Symposium – One Small Device - One Big Problem Melissa Whitehead, RN, BSN, CPN 2:15 pm - 3:15 pm The Panda Project: Improving the Pediatric Vascular Access Experience Holly Hess BSN, RN, CRNI 3:15 pm - 3:30 pm Break 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm Facts, Fallacies and Misadventures Surrounding Catheter Tip Placement Janet Pettit MSN,NNP-BC, VA-BC 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm Exhibit Hall- DAY 2 7:00 am - 8:00 am Exhibit Hall Open- Breakfast Registration Open 8:00 am - 8:15 am Opening Remarks 8:15 am - 9:15 am Child Life & Vascular Access: Integrating the classic approach with new Technology Stephanie Pitts RN, BSN,CPN,VABC & Leah Frohnerath, BS, CCLS,CEIM 9:15 am - 9:30 am Break- 9:30 am - 10:30 am CLABSI 10:30 am - 11:30 am PEDIVAN Grand Rounds 11:30 am - 1:00 pm Exhibit Hall Open- 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Safe Dwell times for Neonatal/Pediatric Vascular Access Devices: Evidence Based Practice Ann Marie Frey BSN, RN, CRNI, VA-BC 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Skin Antisepsis in the Neonate -Practical Matter Marty Visscher, PhD Director, Skin Science Program at the Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Associate Professor of Pediatric Plastic Surgery 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm Break- 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm A 360 Degree Approach to Pediatric Infection Prevention: Break That Chain Hudson Garrett Jr. PhD, MSN, MPH, ARNP, FNP-BC, VA-BC Director of Clinical Affairs, PDI Healthcare Vice President, Board of Directors, VACC 4:30 pm - 4:45 pm Closing Remarks