Registered Nurses´ Association of Ontario
Educational Resources
The following resources for nurses are intended to assist in supporting vascular access education. These are sample resources only, and are not intended to be a comprehensive listing.
American Nurses Association – Safe Needles Save Lives
http://www.needlestick.org
American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN)
http://www.nutritioncare.org
Association for Vascular Access (formerly NAVAN)
http://www.avainfo.org/cgi-avainfo/pages/NVPcat.cgi
Canadian Association of Nurses in Oncology
http://www.cos.ca/cano
Canadian Intravenous Nurses Association
http://www.cina.ca
Center for Disease Control and Prevention Guidelines and Recommendations – Prevention of Health Care Related Infections
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/hip/Guide/guide.htm
DOQI: Dialysis Outcome Quality Initiatives
http://www.kidney.org/professionals/kdoqi/index.cfm
K/DOQI Clinical Practice Guidelines for Chronic Kidney Disease: Evaluation, Classification and
Stratification
EPIC
Developing National Evidence-based Guidelines for Preventing Health Care Associated Infections
http://www.epic.tvu.ac.uk
Health Canada
Infection Control Guidelines: Preventing Infections Associated with Indwelling Intravascular Access
Devices
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/pphb-dgspsp/publicat/ccdrrmtc/97vol23/23s8/iiadp_e.html
Infusion Nurses Society
http://www.ins1.org
Institute for Safe Medication Practice (ISMP)
http://www.ismp.org
INSERT: Intravenous Access Network
http://www.ivteam.com
Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology
http://www.jvir.org
League of Intravenous Therapy Education – LITE
http://www.lite.org
Medical Device and Diagnostic Industry
http://www.devicelink.com/mddi
National Alliance for the Primary Prevention of Sharps Injuries
http://www.nappsi.org
National League for Nursing
http://www.nln.org
National Patient Safety Foundation
http://www.npsf.org
Oncology Nursing Society
http://www.ons.org
The OLEY Foundation
http://c4isr.com/oley
U.S. Food and Drug Administration – Center for
Devices and Radiological Health
http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/index.html
- Central Venous Catheter Complications Video
http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/ohip/dupsa/cvcvideo.html
