Three WoCoVA 2026 presentations offer different perspectives on peripheral IV access: device design, insertion practice and securement. Read together, they provide questions for further evidence review, rather than a single product or practice recommendation.

Device design and practice factors

Michelle DeVries described a Delphi expert-consensus project examining integrated and non-integrated peripheral IV catheters. Her presentation placed device design alongside practitioner skill, site selection and care practices. The findings were unpublished at the time of the talk and are expert opinion, not trial evidence. DeVries disclosed employment with ICU Medical.

Insertion as a sequence of decisions

Adam Fabiani presented a structured approach to peripheral vascular access device insertion, covering assessment, device and site selection, insertion and securement. He also identified questions for which the evidence did not establish one best technique. Those uncertainties are part of the presentation’s message.

Securement and the limits of local findings

Marta Ferraz Torres discussed securement, site visibility and skin integrity. She drew on published background research and findings from her own hospital project. Local project results should be distinguished from the broader literature and checked against the original publications before generalisation.

A question for your evidence discussion

Which part of your local pathway would benefit from closer review, and what evidence would help your team decide? This conference summary does not establish the superiority of a device or authorise a change in clinical practice.

Sources: WoCoVA 2026, DeVries S20.2, Fabiani S20.5 and Ferraz Torres S21.2, using held automated Clipto transcripts and VeinTrain’s controlled AR6 review. Transcription uncertainty remains, so numerical and technical recommendations are not reproduced. This is a selected conference snapshot, not a systematic review. No WoCoVA affiliation or speaker endorsement of VeinTrain is implied.

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