The Association for Vascular Access (AVA) has just recently published a series of Position Papers for the Vascular Access specialty on their website. These are freely available for all to download. Below are the links to the currently released documents.

• Central Venous Access Device Insertion by Qualified Vascular Access Specialists or Other Applicable Healthcare Clinicians
  adopted by AVA Board of Directors September 2019
• Standardizing the Critical Clinical Competency of Aseptic, Sterile, and Clean Techniques with a Single International Standard: Aseptic Non Touch Technique (ANTT®) adopted by AVA Board of Directors September 2019 
• Ultrasound Guidance for Vascular Access Procedures by Qualified Vascular Access Specialists or Other Applicable Healthcare Clinicians
  adopted by AVA Board of Directors September 2019
• Ultrasound Guided Peripheral Arterial Catheter Insertion by Qualified Vascular Access Specialists or Other Applicable Healthcare Clinicians
  adopted by AVA Board of Directors August 2019
• The Use of Visualization Technology for the Insertion of Peripheral Intravenous Catheters
  adopted by AVA Board of Directors July 2019

A recent Open Access publication on Rate of Catheter‐Related Bloodstream Infections Between Tunneled Central Venous Catheters Versus Peripherally Inserted Central Catheters in Adult Home Parenteral Nutrition: A Meta‐analysis from the Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition

Rate of Catheter‐Related Bloodstream Infections Between Tunneled Central Venous Catheters Versus Peripherally Inserted Central Catheters in Adult Home Parenteral Nutrition: A Meta‐analysis

A recent publication on Guidewire-induced asystole complicating a right internal jugular catheter placement in a patient with pre-existing left bundle branch block: A case report from the Journal of Vascular Access

Guidewire-induced asystole complicating a right internal jugular catheter placement in a patient with pre-existing left bundle branch block: A case report

A recent paper on Skin Impact of Alcohol-Based Hand Rubs vs Handwashing from the American Journal of Critical Care

Skin Impact of Alcohol-Based Hand Rubs vs Handwashing

A recent publication on Cancer-associated thrombosis in patients with implanted ports: a prospective multicenter French cohort study (ONCOCIP) from Blood.

Cancer-associated thrombosis in patients with implanted ports: a prospective multicenter French cohort study (ONCOCIP)

A recent Open Access publication on Predictors of Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter Occlusion in the Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy Setting from Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Predictors of Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter Occlusion in the Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy Setting