Raising Money for an AccuVein at Wellington Children's Hospital!

As part of our community project we have chosen to help the Wellington Children's Hospital raise money towards a mobile stand for an AccuVein Device. We chose to help Wellington Children's Hospital because they do an amazing job at looking after sick children and we wanted to show the children that we care.

The AccuVein Device that we are fundraising for is an important piece of equipment because locating a vein to administer medication or IV fluid to babies and children can prove difficult. The AccuVein device digitally lights up and displays a map of blood vessels, including veins, arteries, the aorta and capillaries on the surface of the skin in real time. Benefits of using the AccuVein device include:

- Reduced stress for babies & children requiring insertion of a IV line or injection

- It enables medical staff to locate often hard-to-find veins in young patients

- It can detect veins up to 10mm deep.

- Increased first attempt success when putting in an IV line or giving an injection

- Non-contact – avoiding cross contamination

- The device is handheld with hands-free option available

- Lightweight and durable hand piece

- The centre line has accuracy to the width of a human hair

This is an incredibly worthy cause and we would be very grateful if you could donate and help Wellington Children's Hospital.