Vascular Access Insights: Expert Guidance for Safer Care

Vascular access complications remain a significant cause of patient harm, delayed treatment, and increased clinical workload across healthcare settings. Decisions made across the vascular access pathway, from initial access and appropriate device selection to subsequent management—have a direct impact on patient outcomes and safety.

These ongoing vascular access complications highlight the need for accessible, practical vascular access clinical guidance to support safer care.

To better equip clinicians to address these challenges and facilitate optimal clinical decision-making, BD introduces Vascular Access Insights, a new audio podcast series delivering concise, practical guidance from leading European vascular access experts.

Short Expert Conversations. Real Clinical Impact in Vascular Access Practice

Designed with busy clinicians in mind, Vascular Access Insights features focused, ten-minute, one-to-one discussion that translate real-world experience into actionable insights. Each episode addresses a single clinical challenge, helping healthcare professionals optimise vascular access practice without adding to their workload.

Across anaesthesia, surgery, radiology, and vascular access nursing, experts share practical approaches that can be applied immediately at the bedside or within vascular access programmes – supporting safer, more consistent patient care.

Expert Perspectives from Across Europe

The podcast brings together recognised vascular access leaders from hospitals and academic institutions across Europe, reflecting real-world practice variation and shared clinical challenges. Their contributions showcase a range of vascular access expertise used daily in European clinical environments. Featured experts include:

• Noemí Cortés Rey, Nurse Training and Teaching Supervisor at the University Hospital of A Coruña, Spain
• Dr. Martin Jonczyk, Board-certified Radiologist at Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany
• Maciej Latos, Head of Vascular Access and Infusion Team, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland
• Dr. Rick Van Loon, Clinical Epidemiologist and Cardiac Nurse Anaesthetist, Fontys University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands
• Gema Muñoz Mozas, Lead Vascular Access Nurse, Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, UK
• Professor Baudolino Mussa, Vascular Access Team Director, University of Turin, Italy
• Dr. Fulvio Pinelli, Director of Vascular Access Centre, Careggi University Hospital, Italy
• Professor Vincent Piriou, Professor of Anaesthesiology, Hospices Civils de Lyon, France

Their insights are grounded in daily clinical practice and focused on improving patient safety, efficiency, and outcomes.

Clinically Relevant Topics That Matter in Daily Practice

Each episode explores key aspects of patient-centered vascular access care, including:

• Selecting the appropriate vascular access devices to reduce insertion attempts and complications
• Early identification and management of patients with Difficult Intravenous Access (DIVA)
• Best practices for care and maintenance for peripheral and central vascular access devices
• Evidence-based approaches to Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter (PICC) placement
• Prevention, identification, and management of catheter-related complications, including mechanical failure, thrombosis, and infection

By addressing both prevention and management, the series supports clinicians in delivering safer, more reliable vascular access throughout the patient journey.

Advancing Safer Vascular Access, Together

We all play a part in preventing intravenous complications. Establishing and maintaining good vascular access not only improves patient experience, it saves lives.

Through shared expertise and continuous learning, clinicians can drive meaningful improvements in vascular access practice within their organisations and across Europe.

  Listen. Learn. Lead Change in Vascular Access.

Ready to turn insight into action?
Listen to the Vascular Access Insights podcast series and gain practical, expert led guidance on safer vascular access care.

Start with the first episode today and become a VAMbassador for improved patient outcomes and safer vascular access practice.

BD-170613 (03/2026)