Update to the Local Safety Standards for Invasive Procedures (LocSSIPs) - Central venous catheter insertion,...

The Intensive Care Society and Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine are pleased to launch revised procedural checklists, Local Safety Standards for Invasive Procedures (LocSIPPs) that we hope will improve the safety of our intensive care units. First produced in 2017, the updates take into account learning from reported patient safety incidents, some of which have been associated with considerable morbidity and mortality. The publication of NatSIPPs 2 has been acknowledged during the update. We have focused on procedures which are commonly performed in Critical Care Units (intubation, bronchoscopy, intercostal drain insertion, tracheostomy insertion, central venous catheter insertion). The checklists have been designed to enable departments to use and adapt to make them unit specific. They will require relevant educational and clinical governance procedures to accompany them, to fit into local working practices.