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Part 1 Vascular Laboratory Policies
Emergencies Medical, Environmental
Equipment Calibration, Maintenance and malfunction
Infection Control Contaminated surfaces, Universal precautions
Patient Relations Rights and responsibilities, Privacy and confidentiality
Personnel Technologist competency, Physician competency, Technical director, Staff technologists, Secretarial, Nursing and ancillary staff, Training, Continuing education, Laboratory meetings, Technologist evaluation, Technologist orientation, Quality improvement/quality assurance
Reporting Unusual occurrences, Changes
Safety Patient care issues, Test contraindications, Safe environment, Technologist occupational health
Part 2 Vascular Laboratory Procedures
Cerebrovascular
Imaging
Extracranial carotid, vertebral, and subclavian artery duplex evaluation with or without color flow imaging
Nonimaging
Transcranial Doppler evaluation
Ocular pneumoplethysmography (OPG-Gee)
Arterial
Imaging
Lower extremity arterial duplex evaluation with or without color flow imaging
Bypass graft duplex evaluation with or without color flow imaging
Upper extremity arterial duplex evaluation with or without color flow imaging
Nonimaging
Lower extremity arterial Doppler segmental pressures and spectral waveforms
Lower extremity arterial pulse volume plethysmography and Doppler segmental pressures
Upper extremity arterial pressures and waveforms
Digital arterial evaluation without cold challenge
Digital arterial evaluation with cold challenge (Nielsen digital closure test)
Digital arterial evaluation with cold challenge (ice immersion)
Exercise evaluation of the lower extremity arteries
Venous
Imaging
Lower extremity venous duplex evaluation with or without color flow imaging
Saphenous vein mapping
Upper extremity venous duplex evaluation with or without color flow imaging
Cephalic and basilic vein mapping
Nonimaging
Impedance plethysmography (IPG)
Maximum venous outflow by strain gauge plethysmography (SPG)
Venous reflux evaluation by photoplethysmography (PPG)
Venous reflux evaluation by air plethysmography (APG)
Lower extremity venous Doppler evaluation (continuous-wave Doppler only)
Abdominal
Imaging
Native renal artery and kidney parenchymal blood flow duplex evaluation with or without color flow imaging
Renal transplant duplex evaluation with or without color flow imaging
Aortoiliac duplex evaluation with or without color flow imaging for stenosis and occlusion
Aortoiliac duplex evaluation with or without color flow imaging for aneurysm
Pre- and postprandial duplex evaluation with or without color flow imaging of the mesenteric vessels
Inferior vena cava and iliac vein duplex evaluation with or without color flow imaging
Special Procedures
Imaging
Hemodialysis access graft duplex evaluation with or without color flow imaging
Penile vascular duplex evaluation with or without color flow imaging
Nonimaging
Penile arterial Doppler pressures and pulse volume plethysmography
Miscellaneous
Pseudoaneurysm compression repair
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