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ACR–ASNR–ASSR–SIR–SNIS PRACTICE PARAMETER FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF IMAGE-GUIDED EPIDURAL STEROID INJECTION
Adopted 2019 (Resolution 14)
 
PREAMBLE
 
I. INTRODUCTION
 
II. DEFINITIONS
 
III. OVERVIEW
 
IV. INDICATIONS AND CONTRAINDICATIONS
 
V. QUALIFICATIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF PERSONNEL
 
A. Physician
 
V. QUALIFICATIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF PERSONNEL
 
B. Qualified Medical Physicist
 
V. QUALIFICATIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF PERSONNEL
 
C. Non-Physician Radiology Provider (NPRP)
 
V. QUALIFICATIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF PERSONNEL
 
D. Radiologic Technologist
 
V. QUALIFICATIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF PERSONNEL
 
E. Nursing Services
 
VI. SPECIFICATIONS OF THE PROCEDURE
 
VI. SPECIFICATIONS OF THE PROCEDURE
 
A. Guidance
 
VI. SPECIFICATIONS OF THE PROCEDURE
 
B. Technique
 
VI. SPECIFICATIONS OF THE PROCEDURE
 
C. Medications
 
SPECIFICATIONS OF THE PROCEDURE
 
Surgical and Emergency Support
 
VI. SPECIFICATIONS OF THE PROCEDURE
 
A. Patient Care
 
VII. EQUIPMENT QUALITY CONTROL
 
VIII. QUALITY IMPROVEMENT AND DOCUMENTATION
 
A. Documentation
 
VIII. QUALITY IMPROVEMENT AND DOCUMENTATION
 
B. Informed Consent and Procedural Risk
 
VIII. QUALITY IMPROVEMENT AND DOCUMENTATION
 
C. Success and Complication Thresholds
 
IX. RADIATION SAFETY IN IMAGING
 
X. QUALITY CONTROL AND IMPROVEMENT, SAFETY, INFECTION CONTROL, AND PATIENT EDUCATION
 
XI. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
 
XII. REFERENCES