Conference programmes can show where professional attention is moving, but they do not prove which interventions work.

The 2026 Post-WoCoVA Netherlands and Belgium programme brought together highlights following the ninth World Congress on Vascular Access.

Its agenda identifies a broad set of questions for vascular access services, educators and researchers.

This article reports those themes directly and separates them from clinical findings that still require primary sources.

What the programme was

The Vascular Infusion Technology foundation, working with BeVANet, organised the Post-WoCoVA Netherlands and Belgium symposium in Bunnik on 23 June 2026. The organisers described it as a Dutch-language overview of developments and highlights following the ninth World Congress on Vascular Access in Valencia.

The opening programme theme was:

“Keuze van de juiste katheter”

This translates as “choosing the right catheter”. The wording is important because it places device choice before insertion technique in the day's structure.

The themes listed on the agenda

The published programme names sessions on:

• catheter-selection algorithms and material choice;
• insertion protocols for PICCs, CICCs, FICCs and implanted ports;
• medical adhesive-related skin injury and catheter-associated skin injury in haematology;
• vascular access device fixation, stabilisation and cyanoacrylate adhesive;
• catheter malfunction and catheter locks;
• educational and innovative developments, including virtual sedation;
• infection prevention and treatment;
• vascular access for neonates;
• catheter placement and care in the home; and
• venous-access choice for different medicines.

Those are agenda topics, not conclusions. The programme does not provide study methods, numerical results, certainty assessments or clinical recommendations for these sessions.

What this signals for learning design

Read as a programme, rather than as clinical evidence, four learning signals are visible.

1. Device selection is part of the skill. The agenda connects patient need, catheter-selection algorithms, device type, material and medicine rather than treating insertion as an isolated procedure.
2. Care continues after placement. Skin injury, fixation, locks, malfunction and infection occupy substantial space in the programme.
3. Context changes the problem. Neonatal access, haematology and home care are named separately, showing that one learning pathway may not cover every population and setting.
4. Education itself is an area of development. The inclusion of educational innovation and virtual sedation shows that how vascular access is taught and experienced remains part of the discussion.

These are observations about the shape of the agenda. They should not be read as claims that any named technology, material or approach is effective.

How VeinTrain will use the programme

The programme can be used as a research map. Each theme can be checked against the relevant presentation, primary paper, current professional standard and applicable local policy before it is turned into clinical learning content.

That creates three useful states:

• Programme signal: a topic has been identified as professionally relevant.
• Evidence verified: the underlying source has been located and read, with its limits recorded.
• Practice relationship: the evidence has been carefully related to role, setting, professional standards and local governance.

Keeping those states separate allows emerging topics to be shared without turning a conference title into a clinical conclusion.

Related reading: Difficult IV access, VAD selection and escalation and Training at scale with VeinTrain.

Source

Stichting Vascular Infusion Technology (VIT), in cooperation with BeVANet (2026). Post WoCoVA Nederland / België, event and programme page. Read the official programme page.

English descriptions in this article are plain-language translations of the Dutch programme headings. They are provided for navigation and do not add findings that are absent from the source.