PSQH: The Podcast Episode 108 – Focusing on Improved IV Safety

On episode 108 of PSQH: The Podcast, Andrew Barton, a nurse consultant with the U.K.’s National Health Service, talks about a recent study on reducing IV leaks.

Andrew Barton is a Nurse Consultant for IV therapy and Vascular Access and leads a team of infusion nurses, vascular access nurses, and home IV therapy nurses who are all part of an infusion and vascular access service unit. He is a non-medical prescriber and regularly inserts implanted PORTS, Tunneled catheters, and PICCs using up-to-date technology and techniques.

In the U.K., Barton is the Chair of the National Infusion & Vascular Access Society (NIVAS) an organization that aims to represent IV therapy and vascular access practice within the UK to ensure that national policy and guidelines align with best practice and are evidence-based. He is also a member of the National Electronic Medicines Guide Steering Group (MEDUSA) and is recognized as a medical technology principal expert for the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE); a clinical expert advisor for The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA); and most recently a global committee member for WoCoVA.

Barton has spoken at conferences and symposiums in 42 cities in 33 countries about vascular access and IV therapy, with a special interest in innovation and technology. He is widely published in journals, having undertaken numerous research projects, and is also a supplement editor for the British Journal of Nursing (BJN). In 2023, he was a finalist for the HSJ Clinical Leader of the Year and the Nursing Times Nurse of the Year.

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