Education Resources
Clinical Education and Training
AccuVein is committed to a successful deployment at your facility. We offer you several choices for providing education and training to your clinical staff.
Nurse-Led Education
Virtual – AccuVein offers live virtual education the first Thursday of every month at 2pm EST. The 30 minute presentation led by AccuVein’s RN Clinical Educators will help you get the most out of your AccuVein device. Click here to register.
On-Site – AccuVein’s Medical Affairs & Clinical Education team will partner with your educators and clinicians to design tailored education that aligns with your clinical education goals and ensure maximum utilization of the technology at your institution. On-site education focuses on assessment of peripheral vasculature and NIR-guided PIV access. Attendees will receive a certificate of completion at the end of the on-site education. Contact us at education@accuvein.com to learn more.
On-Line Self-Guided Education With Certification
The AccuVein Knowledge Center offers a video-based education course with a skills assessment and certification.
Self guided education is available free to all AccuVein customers.
Accuvein Education Materials Available for Integration at Your Facility
AccuVein is happy to provide digital copies of our educational materials for integration at your facility. This includes any of our video content, our quiz questions and answers, and any of our downloadable content. Simply let us know what you need here.
If your facility is outside the U.S., please contact your distributor for information on your education choices in your region. Our international contacts can be found here.
On-Demand Digital Learning
AccuVein recognizes the importance of collaboration with healthcare professional organizations like the Association for Vascular Access (AVA) and the Infusion Nurses’ Society (INS) to advance the delivery and quality of patient care and provide education to the infusion therapy nursing practice.
Presented by the Infusion Nurses’ Society
Improving Vascular Access and Care with NIR Technology
Speaker: Dr. Gregory J. Schears, MD
Description: Dr. Schears provides valuable insights around the clinical value of near-infrared (NIR) vein visualization for pre-access site assessment to preserve vein health and reduce the number of venipuncture attempts. Near-infrared technology is well suited to help clinicians implement these best practices.
Learning Objectives:
- Identify the problems associated with our current approach to peripheral venous access and how it leads to pain, frustration, and the creation of difficult vascular access (DVA) patients
- Review best practice concepts of optimal site selection and reduced venipunctures to support vein preservation and improved vein health
- Discuss how NIR technology supports peripheral access best practice in multiple ways and how it directly helps support prolonging dwell times, vein preservation, and improve patient care
To log in and view the webinar visit this link.
Contact Hours: This session has been approved for 1 contact hour. Viewing this presentation is an opportunity to obtain free CE credit.
CRNI® RUs: This session has been approved for 2 CRNI® recertification units.
Presented by the Association for Vascular Access
Leveraging Vein Visualization Technology to Improve Patient Satisfaction & Provider Resilience (CE)
Speakers: Thomas Hopkins, MD, Gregory J. Schears, MD and Kasey Wiseman, RN
Description: In this webinar, Drs. Hopkins and Schears will discuss how vein visualization technology has dramatically shifted the landscape of vascular access assessment how its evidence supports its use in clinical practice. Kasey Wiseman, RN from the PediNeoSIG will be sharing her insight on vein visualization and how it is used as a successful strategy for our pediatric patients.
Learning objectives:
- Summarize the AVA’s ’No Blind Sticks’ Policy
- Discuss the use of vein visualization as an assessment tool to facilitate improved patient satisfaction.
- Summarize how vein visualization can be used to improve provider resilience
To log in and view the webinar visit the following links:
- CE version
Contact Hours: This session has been approved for 1 contact hour. - Non-CE version
Please note: You will need to log in to the Association for Vascular Access website either as an AVA member or create a free guest account before proceeding to the webinar video on AVA Academy. At this point, you will then be able to add the webinar to your cart. For questions or assistance, please contact the Association for Vascular Access at AVA@AVAINFO.ORG or Tel: 1-877-924-AVA1 (2821); Direct: 1-801-792-9079
Presented by the Association for Vascular Access
See More, Stick Less with NIR Access
Speakers: Thomas Hopkins, MD, Gregory J. Schears, MD
Description: Traditional peripheral venous IV access does not involve patient’s needs or venous target assessment leading to poor planning, suboptimal site choice, repetitive sticks, increased costs, and patient/ clinician frustration. NIR vein visualization technology removes the guess work and gives the clinician more information to make better venous site/ device choices to preserve vessel health, increase first attempt success and extend catheter indwell.
Learning objectives:
- Understand the importance of how pre-access venous assessment is improving vein choices and reducing complications.
- Review efforts to adopt NIR vein visualization technology to improve practice.
- Describe how NIR venous assessment improves workflow, reduces costs and promotes best practice.
To log in and view the webinar visit the following links:
Please note: You will need to log in to the Association for Vascular Access website either as an AVA member or create a free guest account before proceeding to the webinar video on AVA Academy. At this point, you will then be able to add the webinar to your cart. For questions or assistance, please contact the Association for Vascular Access at AVA@AVAINFO.ORG or Tel: 1-877-924-AVA1 (2821); Direct: 1-801-792-9079
Presented by the Association for Vascular Access
PIV Insertion & Visualization Technologies
July 19, 2022
Guests include Dr. Tom Hopkins, Tom Sutton, Cheryl Wozniak, Blake Hotchkiss and Judy Thompson.
The guests discuss the state of PIV insertion and the use of visualization technologies; chiefly near-infrared (NIR).
Listening Options:
Presented by Association for Vascular Access
2022 Annual Scientific Meeting: Clinical ePoster Presentations
- Development of a Real-time Vascular Access Dashboard: A Quality Improvement Initiative to Understand Use of Vein Visualization Technology and Enhance Patient Care
- Effectiveness of Near-infrared Vein Visualization Technology in Patients with Potentially Difficult Intravenous Access
- Impact of Near-infrared Vein Visualization Technology on Costs Associated with Peripheral Intravenous Access: Development of a Return on Investment Model
- Use of Near-infrared Vein Visualization Technology to Improve Peripheral Intravenous Assessment and Catheter Placement in an Emergency Department
- Development of a Real-time Vascular Access Dashboard: A Quality Improvement Initiative to Understand Use of Vein Visualization Technology and Enhance Patient Care
- Effectiveness of Near-infrared Vein Visualization Technology in Patients with Potentially Difficult Intravenous Access
- Impact of Near-infrared Vein Visualization Technology on Costs Associated with Peripheral Intravenous Access: Development of a Return on Investment Model
- Use of Near-infrared Vein Visualization Technology to Improve Peripheral Intravenous Assessment and Catheter Placement in an Emergency Department
