Association of Anaesthetists guidelines: safe vascular access 2025
Methodological detailsupdated consensus statement, expert multidisciplinary multi-society working party, literature review, two-round Delphi process
- Updated consensus statement
- Expert multidisciplinary multi-society working party
- Literature review
- Two-round Delphi process
Recommendations
As issued by the authors
Process: vascular access teams and responsiveness key performance indicators
Device selection
Insertion, including the use of safety standards, ultrasound, catheter tip position and vein/catheter ratios
Management of anticoagulation therapy, catheter-related thrombosis and coagulopathies
Specific patient groups, including patients requiring RRT, following mastectomy and axillary lymph node resection, and the use of peripheral vasoconstrictors
Training in advanced vascular access
Original publication
Association of Anaesthetists guidelines: safe vascular access 2025. Anaesthesia. Published 17 September 2025. doi:10.
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