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Vascular Access

Guidelines & Recommendations

Patient access is a complex task which can be stressful and may lead to several complications. Because it is such a common procedure, it is easy to forget the potential for serious patient complications and safety risks to the patient and healthcare professionals.

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Guidelines & Recommendations

  • PERSEUS Guideline (2020)

    European Society of Anaesthesiology guidelines on peri-operative use of ultrasound-guided for vascular access (PERSEUS vascular access)

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  • MAGIC Guideline (2015)

    The Michigan Appropriateness Guide for Intravenous Catheters (MAGIC): Results From a Multispecialty Panel Using the RAND/UCLA Appropriateness Method

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  • GAVeCeLT Recommendation (2020)

    Recommendations for the use of vascular access in the COVID-19 patients: an Italian perspective

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  • Vascular access in COVID-19 patients (2020)

    Smart decisions for maximal safety

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  • Infusion Nurse Society (INS) (2021)

    Infusion Therapy Standards of Practice, 8th Edition

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  • MiniMAGIC Guideline (2020)

    The Michigan Appropriateness Guide for Intravenous Catheters in Pediatrics: miniMAGIC

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