Evidence-based protocols for vascular access teams. Standardized procedures built on clinical research and institutional best practices.
Standardize for your teamEvidence-based standards for preventing catheter damage, recognizing signs of compromise including pinch-off syndrome, and managing catheter damage through repair, exchange, or removal with post-procedure monitoring requirements.
Establishes comprehensive standards for hand hygiene practice across all care settings, including indications, approved techniques, product selection, fingernail and jewelry standards, and organizational compliance strategies to prevent healthcare-associated infections.
Establishes requirements for vascular access device selection, technical standards, and maintenance protocols for patients undergoing therapeutic apheresis procedures.
Establishes requirements for the selection, use, configuration, disinfection, and replacement of add-on devices in vascular access infusion systems, including extension sets, manifolds, stopcocks, filters, and closed system transfer devices.
Clinical practice guideline establishing standards for safe and effective implementation of patient-controlled analgesia across healthcare settings, including pharmacologic agents, routes of administration, monitoring requirements, and authorized agent-controlled analgesia protocols.
Establishes standards for protecting vascular access device insertion sites from dislodgement, patient manipulation, and environmental contamination, including joint stabilization practices and the judicious and restrained use of physical immobilization methods.
Evidence-based standards for identifying risk factors for catheter-associated thrombosis, preventing thrombotic complications through device selection and insertion technique, monitoring and diagnosing DVT, and managing confirmed thrombosis including anticoagulation therapy across diverse patient populations.
Establishes standards for flow-control device selection and use in infusion therapy, including electronic infusion pumps, smart pump dose error reduction systems, non-electronic devices, alarm management, and organizational standardization requirements.
Evidence-based clinical guidelines for safe parenteral nutrition administration covering vascular access selection, peripheral PN, filtration requirements, administration set management, infection prevention, patient monitoring, light protection for premature infants, and patient education.
Evidence-based standards for safe administration of infusion medications and solutions, covering verification requirements, clinical appropriateness review, technology integration including barcode scanning and smart pump use, vascular access patency assessment, first-dose protocols, and adverse event reporting.