Venepuncture and Peripheral Intravenous Cannulation

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Study mode	face-to-face
Location	ANMEC, 191 Torrens Road, Ridleyton, 5008
Duration	1 day - 9am to 4pm

Course Overview

In this face-to-face workshop participants will gain the knowledge and skills to perform Venepuncture and Peripheral Intravenous Cannulation on a simulated patient/client/resident’s arm.

Participants will be encouraged to consider their own scope of practice, including ensuring awareness of their own organisational policies and procedures in decision making about roles and responsibilities in relation to cannulation and venepuncture.

Please note this is non-accredited training.

Course content:

Topics covered within the course include:

Understand anatomy related to venepuncture/peripheral intravenous cannulation (PIVC)
Use equipment safely and competently
Perform venepuncture/PIVC with confidence
Identify procedural parameters, errors and complications
Recognise the causes of suboptimal specimens
Produce high quality specimens to maximise the quality of test results
Implement infection prevention and control strategies

You will also get an opportunity to practice inserting IV cannulas and performing venepuncture in a simulation setting.