In the September 2022 issue of Healthcare Hygiene magazine, we explore several issues related to vascular access. We look at the effects of the COVID pandemic and the aftermath in which frontline healthcare personnel are struggling with numerous challenges which impact vascular access-related care. We examine serious complications seen in IV catheters and explore catheter material technologies. We present the updates to the Compendium of Strategies to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections in Acute-Care Hospitals for CLABSIs and share the insights of experts. Also in this edition is a look at a recent global survey that showed environmental hygiene programs are lacking multimodal strategies to address IP&C challenges, including insights from the study's lead author. To access the issue CLICK HERE.