STRIVING FOR EXCELLENCE IN PIVC CARE

Info: Mr Andrew Barton is a Nurse Consultant IV Therapy & Vascular Access IVAS Lead Nurse, FHFT Product Selection Group Chair, National Infusion and Vascular Access Society (NIVAS) Chair, WoCoVA/GloVANet, Global Committee Member and MEDUSA Board Member.

Info: Dr. Peter Carr, RN PhD MMedSc BSc PG Dip (Emergency Care) H Dip Adult Nurse

Dr. Peter J. Carr is a clinician, researcher, and educator specialising in vascular access and infusion therapy at the University
of Galway. As Associate Professor and Principal Investigator of the Vascular Access and Infusion Therapy Research Group,
Dr. Carr leads a multidisciplinary team advancing digital technologies, clinical trials, and the evaluation of next-generation vascular and infusion devices to improve patient outcomes across cancer, critical care, and general medicine

Info: Mr Andrew Barton is a Nurse Consultant IV Therapy & Vascular Access IVAS Lead Nurse, FHFT Product Selection Group Chair, National Infusion and Vascular Access Society (NIVAS) Chair, WoCoVA/GloVANet, Global Committee Member and MEDUSA Board Member.

Info: Mr Giribabu K Muniyappa, FFNMRCSI, MSc (Health informatics), PGDip (IPC), PGDip (ICU), RGN, IV team lead/ Clinical Nurse Manager 3, Beaumont hospital

Giribabu, has more than 20 years of service working in a large teaching hospital in Dublin including Intensive Care and Infection prevention & control. He is currently working as a IV team lead in the Infection Prevention and Control Department, and was instrumental in the a successful introduction of the IV team in the hospital. Giribabu has achieved the RCSI fellowship and also has a special interest in health informatics, digital transformation and innovation to improve patient safety

Info: Dr. Peter Carr, RN PhD MMedSc BSc PG Dip (Emergency Care) H Dip Adult Nurse

Dr. Peter J. Carr is a clinician, researcher, and educator specialising in vascular access and infusion therapy at the University
of Galway. As Associate Professor and Principal Investigator of the Vascular Access and Infusion Therapy Research Group,
Dr. Carr leads a multidisciplinary team advancing digital technologies, clinical trials, and the evaluation of next-generation vascular and infusion devices to improve patient outcomes across cancer, critical care, and general medicine

Info: Ms Caitriona Duggan ANP MAHIP BSc PG Dip Advanced Practice, PhD Candidate – Vascular Access Devices for Systemic Anti- Cancer Therapy. University of Galway

Caitriona currently work as an Oncology Advanced Nurse Practitioner at Portiuncula University Hospital, previously a President of the Irish Association for Nurses in Oncology, A former representative for the European Oncology Nursing Society (EONS). Caitriona has been published in the Cochrane Library alongside her peers including Orlaith Hernon and Peter Carr who will also be speaking at this event. Paper title: Vascular access devices for prolonged intravenous therapy regimens in people diagnosed with cancer.

Info: Dr. Orlaith Hernon (PhD, MSc, PgDip, RGN, RCN, RNT | Lecturer in General Nursing

Dr Orlaith Hernon, registered General Nurse, Children’s Nurse, Nurse Tutor and PhD, is a lecturer/assistant professor in the School of Nursing and Midwifery at the University of Galway, Ireland. Her primary research area includes educational research and the use of educational technologies.

Info: Presentation Title: Technologies, Training, & Techniques for Safer Intravenous Systemic Anticancer & Car-T-Cell Therapy for Clinicians in Cancer.

Michelle is a Nurse Lecturer at ATU St. Angela’s, Sligo, and a PhD candidate at the University of Galway. With over 25 years of clinical experience and a background as an Oncology Clinical Nurse Consultant, her research focuses on cancer care and nursing education - particularly enhancing the safety and quality of intravenous systemic anti-cancer therapy (IV SACT) and CAR T-cell therapy administration. She has recently published the scoping review she undertook in 2023 titled “Methods of Teaching Nurses IV SACT Administration: A Scoping Review,” contributing to the evidence base on oncology nursing education. Her PhD research will explore the role of technology, training, and techniques - especially simulation-based approaches - in supporting clinicians to deliver safer cancer treatments.

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