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Current ASUM Policies

Please find a new statement relating to Management of Vasa Praevia from The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.

Standards Of Practice Press Release - ASUM's stance on the use of the Tristel Wipe system for disinfection of ultrasound probes.

The following Policies and Statements were modified in March 2012: B2, D1, D4, D5, D6, D13, D18 and E4
The following Policies and Statements were modified in August 2012: D11

(A) Statements Relating to Ultrasound Safety
A1	Statement On The Safety Of Ultrasound in Grey Scale Imaging In Obstetrics
A2	Statement On Doppler Ultrasound
A3	Safety Statement On Continuous Wave Doppler Fetal Monitoring
A4	Safety Statement On Thermal Biological Effects
A5	Safety Statement On Acoustic Output And Equipment Output Display
A6	Safety Statement On Acoustic Streaming
A7	Safety Statement On Ultrasound Contrast Agents

(B) Provision of Diagnostic Ultrasound Services
B1	Policy on Diagnostic Ultrasound Services
B2	Statement on the Disinfection of Transducers
B3	Policy on Providing Ultrasound images of the Fetus to Prospective Parent During an Ultrasound Examination
B4	Scanning of Live subjects for Teaching Purposes During ASUM Meetings
B5	Policy on Scanning of Live Models by Technical Exhibitors During ASUM Meetings
B6	Consent to Ultrasound Scanning for Teaching Purposes
B7	Guidelines for the Operation of Vascular Ultrasound Practices
B8	Statement on the Use of Ultrasound by Medical Practitioners

(C) Sonographers
C1	Deleted September 2011
C2	Statement on the Practice of Ultrasound by Sonographers
C3	Policy on Vaginal scanning by Sonographers
C4	Deleted
C5	Statement on the Education, Training and Supervision of Trainee Sonographers
C6	Guidelines For Reducing Injuries To Sonographers/Sonologists

(D) Clinical Protocols
D1	Guidelines for Standards of Practice in Paediatric Echocardiography (SPPE)
D2	Guidelines for the Mid Trimester Obstetric Scan
D3	Deleted March 2001
D4	Breast Examination and Reporting
D5	Guidelines for Abdominal Scanning
D6	Statement on the Use of Ultrasound in the Diagnosis of Development Hip Dysplasia and Dislocation
D7	Statement on Normal Ultrasound Fetal Measurements
D8	Guidelines for the Performance of a Gynaecological Scan
D9	Deleted - 31 January 2008
D10	Guidelines for the Performance of Scrotal Ultrasound
D11	Guidelines for the Performance of First Trimester Ultrasound
D12	Guidelines for the Performance of Third Trimester Ultrasound
D13	Guidelines for Neurosonography in Infants
D14	Colour Duplex Doppler Ultrasound - Extracranial Carotid Artery Disease
D15	Peripheral Arterial Ultrasound
D16	Intracranial Cerebrovascular Ultrasound
D17	Extracranial Cerebrovascular Ultrasound
D18	Penile Doppler Ultrasound
D19	Visceral Vascular Testing Using Ultrasound
D20	Peripheral Venous Ultrasound

(E) Administration
E1	Deleted
E2	Deleted
E3	ASUM Research and Grants Policy
E4	Education Protocol: Competences Required of Cardiac Sonographers Who Practice Adult Transthoracic Cardiac Ultrasound Examinations
E5	Position Statement on Recognition of Training and Qualifications

(F) Non-diagnostic Applications
F1	Statement on the appropriate use of diagnostic ultrasound equipment for non-medical entertainment ultrasound

(G) Point of Care Practice Statements
G1	Point of Care Ultrasound: Proficiency & Appropriate Use Statement for Neonatal Ultrasound

(H) Draft Policies
There are currently no draft policies under consideration

World Federation for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology (WFUMB) Safety Statements
To access the WFUMB Safety Statements, please see the WFUMB website. To access the WFUMB/ISUOG Statement on the Safe Use of Doppler Ultrasound During 11-14 week scans (or earlier in pregnancy) click here.
Additional Resources
To access the Fetal Heart Assessment during the 18-20 week Anatomy Scan please click here. ASUM would like to thank Martin Necas and Carol Bagnall for this informative brochure. To access the Antenatal Doppler Guidelines, courtesy of Waikato Hospital, New Zealand, please click here.

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