Policy and Procedure Manuals

We offer policy and procedure manuals for existing and new labs. Our manuals are the most comprehensive and complete manuals that include competencies and CPT Codes for proper billing.

We will maintain your manual for two years
to insure Joint Commission compliance.

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• Admittance Of Outpatients Prior To Cath Lab Procedure
• Angiojet Rheolytic Thrombectomy Procedure The Angiojet ®Rheolytic™ Thrombectomy
• Anticoagulant Use Prior To Catheterization
• Assessment Of Cardiac Cath Laboratory Patients

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• Care Of The Post Cardiac Cath Lab Patient
• Cardiac Cath Lab Staff Responsibilities During A Cath Lab Procedure
• Complication Reporting In The Cardiac Cath Lab
• Competencies And Continuing Education
• Contrast Administration: Renal Guidelines For Patients Undergoing Angiography
• Criteria For Cardiac Cath Lab Staff To Take Emergency Call
• Criteria For Left & Right Heart Catheterization

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• Discharge Criteria
• Digital Imaging Quality Control
• Dobutamine Stress Echo Protocol
• Documentation During All CCL Procedures

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• Emergency Transfer From The Cardiac Cath Lab
• Electrophysiology Study (EPS)

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• Fluoroscopy In The Cardiac Cath Lab

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• Guidelines For Calling Back The On-Call Team

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• Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump (IABP) Therapy
• Intravascular Ultrasound (IVUS)

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• Lead Apron / Shielding QA
• Left Heart Catheterization

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• Pacemaker Implant Indications
• Pacing -Transvenous
• Patient And Family Education
• Patient Monitoring
• Patient Positioning
• Patient Safety In The Cardiac Cath Lab
• Percutaneous Coronany Intervention
• Percutaneous Transluminal Angiography and/or Angioplasty And Stenting
• Perfusionist/Surgical Standby
• Preparation Of Cardiac Cath Lab For Procedures In Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS)

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• Removal Of Femoral Arterial And/Or Venous Sheaths
• Reoproâ (Abciximab) Administration
• Reprocessing Of Single Use, Or Disposable Medical Devices (SUD's)
• Responsibility During A Code
• Resynchronization Therapy For Treatment Of Congestive Heart Failure (CHF)
• Retrieval Of Intravascular Foreign Bodies
• Right Heart Catheterization
• Rotational Athrectomy (Use Of The Rotablator System)
• Roles For Cardiac Cath Lab Staff During Procedures

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• Sedation
• Scheduling Cardiac Cath Lab Procedures
• Scheduling Routine And Emergency Cardiac Cath Lab Procedures
• Surgical Prep

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• Vascular Closure Devices (Angioseal and Vasoseal)

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