2016 Infusion Therapy Standards of Practice on “Midline Catheters”
Standard 33. VASCULAR ACCESS SITE PREPARATION AND DEVICE PLACEMENT:
“Consider the use of maximal sterile barrier precaution with midline catheter insertion” We have been teaching this practice for many years!
“Use of the safest available insertion technique including the seldinger and modified seldinger technique of new technologies hat eliminate multiple steps” When we standardize our practice and insert Midlines the same way we insert PICC lines we are providing the best outcomes for our patients!
