Vascular Access Teaching Pamphlets

The following teaching pamphlets were prepared by the Provincial Vascular Access Services Team (PVAST II) to educate patients about vascular access options and care of their vascular access sites.

Vascular Access Options

• Fistula First (also available in Punjabi, Chinese or Tagalog)

Vascular Access Care

Pamphlets

• Fistulas and Grafts:
• Your Fistula (also available in Punjabi, Chinese or Tagalog)
• Fistula Exercises Before and After Surgery (also available in Punjabi, Chinese or Tagalog)
• Your Graft (also available in Punjabi, Chinese or Tagalog)
• Bleeding Fistula or Graft: Emergency Measures  (also available in Punjabi, Chinese or Tagalog)
• Application of Topical Anaesthetic Prior to Cannulation of a Fistula or Graft (also available in Punjabi, Chinese or Tagalog)
• Changing the Dressing of a Fistula/Graft: Information for Home Care Nurses 
• Buttonhole Cannulation of Fistulas:
• Considering Self-Cannulation (also available in Punjabi, Chinese or Tagalog)
• How to Self-Needle (also available in Punjabi, Chinese or Tagalog)
• Buttonhole Cannulation - Your Buttonhole Track (also available in Punjabi, Chinese or Tagalog)
• Buttonhole Vacation Instructions (also available in Punjabi, Chinese or Tagalog)
• Catheter:
• Your Catheter (also available in Punjabi, Chinese or Tagalog)

Vein Preservation Materials

The BC Renal Agency has launched the Save the Veins campaign in order to educate patients and health care providers on vein preservation.

View the wristband here.

View/print the wallet card here.

View the flyer here.

View the vein preservation and other VA guidelines.

Note for renal care providers/vascular access coordinators: If you plan to print large quantities of these publications through your hospital print shop or other printing company, we can provide you with high resolution, press-ready copies. Please contact BCPRA at 604-875-7340 or by email.

Posters

• Care of Your Fistula or Graft poster
• Vascular Access Assessment poster 
• Ways to Prevent Infections poster
• Ways to Prevent Aneurysms in Fistulas poster

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