Vascular Access guidelines

To translate research into protocols for practice, guidelines are inevitable. Many countries have national vascular access related guidelines which can be used to develop protocols on a more local level. The goal of such protocols is to improve Evidence Based Practice (EBP) and Standard Of Care (SOC). If your country does not have national guidelines, the guidelines presented below can be used to establish national protocols. Please be aware that national law and regulations, as well as local circumstances, may differ, and have to be taken into consideration too.

Infusion Therapy Standards of Practice, 9th edition – INS 2024
Infusion Nurses Society (INS), USA
Barbara Nickel, Lisa Gorski, Tricia Kleidon, Amy Kyes, Michelle DeVries, Samantha Keogh, Britt Meyer, Mary Jo Sarver, Rachael Crickman, Jenny Ong, Simon Clare, Mary E. Hagle

Evidence-based criteria for the choice and the clinical use of the most appropriate lock solutions for central
venous catheters (excluding dialysis catheters): a GAVeCeLT consensus – JVA 2016
Mauro Pittiruti, Sergio Bertoglio, Giancarlo Scoppettuolo, Roberto Biffi, Massimo Lamperti, Alberto Dal Molin, Nicola Panocchia, Nicola Petrosillo, Mario Venditti, Carla Rigo, Enrico DeLutio

Epic3: National Evidence-Based Guidelines for Preventing Healthcare-Associated Infections in NHS Hospitals in England – JHI 2014
H.P. Loveday, J.A. Wilsona, R.J. Pratta, M. Golsorkhia, A. Tinglea, A. Baka, J. Brownea, J. Prietob, M. Wilcox

Strategies to Prevent Central Line–Associated Bloodstream Infections in Acute Care Hospitals: 2014 Update – ICHE 2014
Jonas Marschall, Leonard A. Mermel, Mohamad Fakih, Lynn Hadaway, Alexander Kallen, Naomi P. O’Grady, Ann Marie Pettis, Mark E. Rupp, Thomas Sandora, Lisa L. Maragakis and Deborah S. Yokoe

(AIUM Practice Guideline for the) Use of Ultrasound to Guide Vascular Access Procedures – 2012
American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine

WHO Guidelines on Hand Hygiene in Health Care First Global Patient Safety Challenge Clean Care is Safer Care – 2009
World Health Organization