Joint Practice Guideline for Sterile Technique during Vascular and Interventional Radiology Procedures: From the Society of Interventional Radiology, Association of periOperative Registered Nurses, and Association for Radiologic and Imaging Nursing, for the Society of Interventional Radiology (Wael Saad, MD, Chair), Standards of Practice Committee, and Endorsed by the Cardiovascular Interventional Radiological Society of Europe and the Canadian Interventional Radiology Association

There is a need for current formal recommendations in the interventional radiology (IR) literature concerning the use of sterile technique during IR procedures. This statement represents an effort to coordinate practice guidelines. [Copyright Elsevier B.V.]