Association for Vascular Access (AVA) Standards of Care for Peripheral Intravenous Catheters

In 2024, AVA published the "Standards of Care for Peripheral Intravenous Catheters." This collaborative document – endorsed by 16 professional and industry organizations – effectively establishes a new Standard of Care on the insertion, maintenance and removal of peripheral intravenous catheters (PIVCs).

Exploring the standards

In this video series, nurses at B. Braun explain the 16 key areas of focus for inserting, caring for and maintaining peripheral IVs.

Stephanie Pitts, DNP, RN, CPN, VA-BC, NEA-BC. Vice President, Strategic Programs and Innovation.

AVA's PIVC Standards of Care: Evidence Based Expert Consensus

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Helping you meet the standards

B. Braun offerings that help your facility meet AVA's PIVC Standards of Care.

Veins create a shape that resembles a man who is sitting on a hospital bed.

The Peripheral Advantage® Program

A comprehensive program designed to optimize clinical skills, product performance, clinical outcomes and improve patients’ overall experience with peripheral IV care.

Introcan Safety IV Catheter showcasing passive safety technology as the device presses against a blue-gloved thumb.

Introcan Safety® Family of Passive Safety IV Catheters

Offers various gauge sizes and configurations with automatic passive safety, helping protect healthcare workers from needlestick injuries and promoting first-stick success.

A close-up of a Clik-FIX Securement Device on a patient's forearm.

Clik-FIX® Peripheral Catheter Securement Device

A sterile integrated securement device with a cushioned foam base pad, designed for ease of use, patient comfort, maintaining insertion angle and reducing pressure injury risk.

A clinician in blue gloves uses the CARESITE Micro® Needleless Connector on patient.

CARESITE Micro® Luer Access Device

The first and only neutral needleless connector not made with BPA and manufactured with drug-resistant material. Designed to reduce exposure to harmful chemicals and decrease infection risk.

A nurse in blue scrubs uses the VeinViewer Vein Visualization Device to location a patient's veins.

VeinViewer® Vein Visualization Device by Christie Medical Holdings Inc.

A near-infrared device designed to provide clinicians with an accurate image of patient veins. It helps improve first-stick success and reduce the time needed to start a peripheral IV.

STEADYCare™ Extension Set with Wedge™ Catheter Stabilizer

Developed to provide stabilization, minimize catheter movement in the vessel, support the catheter insertion angle and reduce the patient connector’s skin contact.

The Peripheral Advantage® Program
Introcan Safety® Family of Passive Safety IV Catheters
Clik-FIX® Peripheral Catheter Securement Device
CARESITE Micro™ Luer Access Device
VeinViewer® Vein Visualization Device by Christie Medical Holdings Inc.
STEADYCare™ Extension Set with Wedge™ Catheter Stabilizer