The need for participation in the development and critical review of recommendations for infection control policies involving vascular ultrasound

Stephen F Daugherty; John Blebea

doi:10.1016/j.jvsv.2021.02.017

The need for participation in the development and critical review of recommendations for infection control policies involving vascular ultrasound

J Vasc Surg Venous Lymphat Disord. 2021 Jul;9(4):1025-1030. doi: 10.1016/j.jvsv.2021.02.017. Epub 2021 Mar 15.

Authors

Stephen F Daugherty¹, John Blebea²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, VeinCare Centers of Tennessee, Clarksville, Tenn. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Central Michigan University, Saginaw, Mich.

PMID: 33737261
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvsv.2021.02.017

Abstract

Recently reported guidelines from the Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonography regarding disinfection of ultrasound probes and infection control policies for ultrasound procedures conflict with accepted clinical norms in vein practices and recommendations from the American Institute for Ultrasound in Medicine. We have provided a review of these conflicting policy recommendations and new proposed practice recommendations and a call for physicians who perform ultrasound-guided procedures to be involved in the process of development and critical review of societal recommendations.

Keywords: Guidelines; Infection; Probe; Procedures; Transducer; Ultrasound; Venous.

MeSH terms

Disinfection / methods
Disinfection / standards
Equipment Contamination / prevention & control
Gels
Humans
Infection Control / methods
Infection Control / standards*
Practice Guidelines as Topic / standards*
Transducers
Ultrasonography / instrumentation*
Veins / diagnostic imaging*

Substances

Gels