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Kerrie Curtis is a senior cancer nurse with 30 years of experience, specializing in vascular access. Since 2015, Kerrie has led a series of implementation initiatives influencing policy and clinical practice: she colead at Austin Health (3 campuses) to reduce central venous access device (CVAD) related bloodstream infections; she was a project manager at The Royal Children’s Hospital and Monash Children’s Hospital to implement standardized, evidence-based practice for all CVAD types and all patient populations; she was an invited nurse consultant with Safer Care Victoria for the Infections Associated with Devices Working Group and the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care for the Management of Peripheral Intravenous Catheters Clinical Care Standard; she was a project manager and a chair at the Cancer Nurses Society of Australia (CNSA) Vascular Access Specialist Practice Network; and she was the first author of peer-reviewed national clinical CVAD resources in cancer care with Cancer Institute of New South Wales. Kerrie is Victorian Chapter Lead for Alliance for Vascular Access Teaching and Research (AVATAR), a member of Association of Vascular Access (AVA) and the Infusion Nurses Society (INS), and a state representative for the Australian Vascular Access Society. Kerrie is a recognized and invited speaker nationally in vascular access in cancer care: she was invited to speak at AVA scientific meeting in 2021, was a recipient of AVA Foundation Scholarship to travel to 33rd AVA Scientific Meeting in 2020, and was awarded the Nicole King Scholarship, University of Melbourne in 2023. Clinically, Kerrie works at Austin Health and Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre.