Association for Vascular Access

Catheter-Related Blood Stream Infections to be Focus of AVA Meeting

Published in Hospital Business Week, September 14th, 2008

Improvements in the prevention of catheter-related infections will be a prime focus at the annual conference of the Association for Vascular Access (AVA) in September.

The conference comes on the eve of major changes in Medicare that will eliminate payments to hospitals that fail to prevent certain hospital-acquired infections.

AVA will hold its 22nd Annual Scientific Meeting Sept. 11-14 in Savannah, Ga. AVA is the nation's leading organization dedicated to the emerging medical field of vascular access.

Keywords: Association for Vascular Access, Health Policy, Medicare.

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Source: Hospital Business Week (2008-09-14)

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