Regulation .08 Endovascular Interventional Services.
Regulation .08 Endovascular Interventional Services.LinkCopy Citation
The hospital shall have:
A.
Interventional services promptly available 24 hours a day with appropriately trained support staff and equipment, including:
(1)
Intra-arterial reperfusion therapy;
(2)
Endovascular treatment of vasospasm;
(3)
Endovascular ablation of arterial venous malformations;
(4)
Stenting/angioplasty of extracranial vessels; and
(5)
Stenting/angioplasty of intracranial vessels;
B.
A neurointerventionalist who may be a board-certified/board-eligible neuroradiologist, neurologist, or neurosurgeon on call with a 45-minute arrival time to the hospital;
C.
An on-call schedule for primary and back-up neurointerventionalists or neuroradiologists;
D.
A written protocol to accept the inter-facility transfer of acute ischemic stroke patients requiring endovascular therapy that includes communication and feedback to the sending facility; and
E.
A written protocol to accept the inter-facility transfer of acute stroke patients requiring a higher level of care.