Clinical Practice Guidelines

Diagnosis and treatment of catheter-related blood stream infection: Clinical guidelines of the Spanish Society of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology and (SEIMC) and the Spanish Society of Intensive and Critical Care Medicine and Coronary Units (SEMICYUC)

The Michigan Appropriatenses Guide for Intravenous Catheters in Pediatrics: miniMAGIC.

CDC, NHSN. Surveillance Definitions for Specific Types of Infections. National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) Patient Safety Component Manual 2018.

Vessel Health and Preservation: The Right Approach for Vascular Access

Practice Guidelines for Central Venous Access 2020: An Updated Report by the American Society of Anesthesiologists Task Force on Central Venous Access

Patient Safety Movement: Actionable Patient Safety Solutions (APSS)

SHEA Expert Advice: Infection prevention in the operating room anesthesia work area. 

GAVeCeLT (Gli Accessi Venosi Centrali a Lungo Termine): Considerations on the use of vascular access devices in patients with COVID-19 (and some practical recommendations).

2016 Expert consensus document on prevention, diagnosis and treatment of short-term peripheral venous catheter-related infections in adults.

NHMRC: Australian Guidelines for the Prevention and Control of Infection in Healthcare

A state of the art review on optimal practices to prevent, recognize, and manage complications associated with intravascular devices in the critically ill.

Royal College of Nursing. Standards for infusion therapy. London, UK: Royal College of Nursing, 2016.

Capdevila JA, Guembe M, Barberán J, et al. Expert consensus document on prevention, diagnosis and treatment of short-term peripheral venous catheter-related infections in adults. Cirugía Cardiovascular 2016;23(4):192-98.

Bodenham A, Babu S, Bennett J, et al. Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland: Safe vascular access 2016. Anaesthesia 2016;71(5):573-85.

Chopra V, Flanders SA, Saint S, Woller SC, O'Grady NP, Safdar N, et al. (2015). The Michigan Appropriateness Guide for Intravenous Catheters (MAGIC): Results From a Multispecialty Panel Using the RAND/UCLA Appropriateness Method. Annals of Internal Medicine 15, 163(6Suppl): S1-S40.

Loveday HP., Wilson JA., Pratt, RJ., Golsorkhi M., Tingle A., Bak, A., et al. (2014). epic3: National Evidence-Based Guidelines for Preventing Healthcare-Associated Infections in NHS Hospitals in England. Journal of Hospital Infection, 86, S1-S70.

HSE Health Protection Surveillance Centre. Prevention of intravascular catheter-related infection in Ireland. Update of 2009 national guidelines 2014.

Frykholm P, Pikwer A, Hammarskjold F, et al. Clinical guidelines on central venous catheterisation. Swedish Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 2014;58(5):508-24.

Park CK, Paes BA, Nagel K, et al. Neonatal central venous catheter thrombosis: diagnosis, management and outcome. Blood Coagulation & Fibrinolysis. 2014;25(2):97-106.

Nesrallah GE, Mustafa RA, MacRae J, et al. Canadian Society of Nephrology guidelines for the management of patients with ESRD treated with intensive hemodialysis. Am J Kidney Dis 2013;62(1):187-98. doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2013.02.351

O'Grady NP, Alexander M, Burns LA, et al. CDC Guidelines for the prevention of intravascular catheter-related infections. Am J Infect Control 2011;39(4 Suppl 1):S1-34. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2011.01.003

Bonciarelli G, Batacchi S, Biffi R, et al. GAVeCeLT* consensus statement on the correct use of totally implantable venous access devices for diagnostic radiology procedures. J Vasc Access 2011;12(4):292-305.

Infusion Nurses Society. (2011). Infusion Nursing Standards of Practice. Journal of Infusion Nursing, 34, S1-S110.

The INS guidelines are free for INS members. Non-members can purchase the guidelines from the INS website.

Queensland Health PIVC guideline 2015