Full Name
Andrew Barton
Job Title
Nurse Consultant IV Therapy and Vascular Access, Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, Chair, National Infusion and Vascular Access Society (NIVAS)
Speaker Bio
Andrew is the founder and lead nurse Consultant for the Hospitals’ Intravenous and Vascular Access Services (IVAS) unit where he manages a large team of vascular access specialist nurses delivering bring a 7-day service, infusion specialist staff who provide same day IV infusions and other IV therapies and home infection management nurses.
Andrew is expert in placing ports and renal catheters as well as PICCs and places catheters in adults and paediatrics.
Andrew is an experienced national and international speaker and has published extensively in scientific and research journals in the field of vascular access and IV therapy.
He is the chair of NIVAS, the national infusion and vascular access society of the UK. He is a board member of MEDUSA the national electronic injectable medicines guide, and a global committee member of the World Congress of Vascular Access (WoCoVA).
Andrew is expert in placing ports and renal catheters as well as PICCs and places catheters in adults and paediatrics.
Andrew is an experienced national and international speaker and has published extensively in scientific and research journals in the field of vascular access and IV therapy.
He is the chair of NIVAS, the national infusion and vascular access society of the UK. He is a board member of MEDUSA the national electronic injectable medicines guide, and a global committee member of the World Congress of Vascular Access (WoCoVA).
