Sue O'hanlon

Sue O’Hanlon Lead Nurse for IV therapy in St Helens, Halton and Knowsley for Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust will be presenting ‘Patient suitability and referral criteria for OPAT’ at the Advancing IV Therapy conference on Thursday 3 December 2015 at the ICO Conference Centre, London. Sue will share her experiences of assessing a patient's suitability, referral criteria for patients being considered for OPAT and potential risks and strategies for reducing those risks

This CPD certified conference will focus on the important issue of advancing IV therapy with a particular focus on implementing the new NICE Quality Standard, and on delivering IV therapy at home. NICE recently stated that there is a clear need for guidance on IV fluid therapy and the new quality standard and guideline is expected to contribute to improvements in the following outcomes, mortality or serious harm resulting from errors in IV fluid therapy; patient experience of hospital care; patient safety incidents reported and length of hospital stay.