Society guideline links: Venous access

Introduction — This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.

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Links to related guidelines are provided separately. (See "Society guideline links: Dialysis" and "Society guideline links: Hemodialysis vascular access".)

International

●World Congress on Vascular Access (WoCoVA): Consensus on the clinical use of in-line filtration during intravenous infusions – Current evidence and recommendations for future research (2021)

●WoCoVA: European recommendations on the proper indication and use of peripheral venous access devices (the ERPIUP consensus) (2021)

●Group of Long-Term Central Venous Access Devices (GAVeCeLT)–WoCoVA: Consensus on subcutaneously anchored securement devices for the securement of venous catheters – Current evidence and recommendations for future research (2020)

●WoCoVA: Management of central venous access device-associated skin impairment – An evidence-based algorithm (2017)

●GAVeCeLT: Consensus on evidence-based criteria for the choice and the clinical use of the most appropriate lock solutions for central venous catheters (excluding dialysis catheters) (2016)

●World Health Organization (WHO): Guidelines on core components of infection prevention and control programmes at the national and acute health care facility level (2016)

●International evidence-based recommendations on ultrasound-guided vascular access (2012)

●GAVeCeLT: Consensus statement on the correct use of totally implantable venous access devices for diagnostic radiology procedures (2011)

Canada

●Choosing Wisely Canada: Don't start peripheral venous lines when an appropriate central access is available (updated 2021)

●Choosing Wisely Canada: Don't prolong use of central venous or peripherally inserted central catheters without daily reassessment (updated 2020)

●Choosing Wisely Canada: Don't repeatedly attempt intravenous access during a life-threatening event when intraosseous access is available (updated 2020)

●Choosing Wisely Canada: Don't prolong the use of invasive devices (updated 2019)

United States

●Association for Vascular Access (AVA): Position statements

●Infusion Nurses Society (INS): Infusion therapy standards of practice, 9th edition (2024)

●American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA): Statement on intravascular catheterization procedures (2005, amended 2023)

●American College of Radiology (ACR): ACR Appropriateness Criteria on central venous access device and site selection (revised 2022)

●Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA)/Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)/Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC)/American Hospital Association (AHA)/The Joint Commission: Strategies to prevent central line-associated bloodstream infections in acute-care hospitals, update (2022)

●American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM): Practice parameter for the performance of a peripheral venous ultrasound examination (2020)

●ASA: Practice guidelines for central venous access – An updated report (2020)

●AIUM: Practice parameter for the use of ultrasound to guide vascular access procedures (2019)

●American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN): Guidelines for the selection and care of central venous access devices for adult home parenteral nutrition administration (2019)

●Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR): Quality improvement guidelines for central venous access (2010, reviewed 2019)

●SIR: Guidelines for the prevention of intravascular catheter-related infections – Recommendations relevant to interventional radiology for venous catheter placement and maintenance (2012)

●American College of Surgeons (ACS): Revised statement on recommendations for use of real-time ultrasound guidance for placement of central venous catheters (2011)

●ASE and Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists (SCA): Guidelines for performing ultrasound guided vascular cannulation (2011)

Europe

●European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism (ESPEN): Practical guideline on home parenteral nutrition (2023)

●World Congress on Vascular Access (WoCoVA): European recommendations on the proper indication and use of peripheral venous access devices (the ERPIUP consensus) (2021)

●European Federation of Societies for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology (EFSUMB): Guidelines on interventional ultrasound (INVUS) – Part VI: Ultrasound-guided vascular interventions (2016)

●European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO): Clinical practice guidelines on central venous access in oncology (2015)

United Kingdom

●Association of Anaesthetists: Safe vascular access (2016)

●Royal College of Nursing (RCN): Standards for infusion therapy, 4th edition (2016)

Australia–New Zealand

●New South Wales Agency for Clinical Innovation (NSW ACI): Clinical practice guide on central venous access devices (CVAD) (2021)

●Choosing Wisely Australia: Don't replace peripheral intravenous catheter unless clinically indicated (reviewed 2016)

●Choosing Wisely Australia: Remove all invasive devices, such as intravascular lines and urinary catheters, as soon as possible (reviewed 2016)

Japan

●[In English] Japanese Society of Interventional Radiology (JSIR): Guidelines for central venous port placement and management (abridged translation of the Japanese version) (2022)

●[In Japanese] JSIR: Guidelines for central venous port placement and management (2019)