STANDARDS OF PRACTICE Joint quality improvement guidelines for pediatric arterial access and arteriography: from the Societies of Interventional Radiology and Pediatric Radiology Manraj K. S. Heran & Francis Marshalleck & Michael Temple & Clement J. Grassi & Bairbre Connolly & Richard B. Towbin & Kevin M. Baskin & Josee Dubois & Mark J. Hogan & Sanjoy Kundu & Donald L. Miller & Derek J. Roebuck & Steven C. Rose & David Sacks & Manrita Sidhu & Michael J. Wallace & Darryl A. Zuckerman & John F. Cardella & Society of Interventional Radiology Standards of Practice Committee and Society of Pediatric Radiology Interventional Radiology Committee # Springer-Verlag 2009 (Editor’ s note: This standard of practice was derived jointly by the members of the Society of Interventional Radiology Standards of Practice Committee and mem- bers of the Society of Pediatric Radiology Interventional Radiology Committee. This joint effort is an example of important advances we can make raising the bar for the performance of interventional services. I commend the authors of this article and recommend highly that the members of both societies use these standards of practice. Reprinted with permission from J Vasc Interv Radiol; 2010 January M. K. S. Heran Department of Radiology, British Columbia Children’ s Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada M. K. S. Heran Department of Radiology, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada M. Temple : B. Connolly Department of Medical Imaging, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M. Temple : B. Connolly Centre for Image Guided Therapy, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada S. Kundu Vein Institute of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada S. Kundu Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Scarborough General Hospital, Scarborough, Ontario, Canada J. Dubois Department of Medical Imaging, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine, Montreal, Quebec, Canada F. Marshalleck Department of Radiology, Riley Hospital for Children, Indianapolis, IN, USA C. J. Grassi Department of Radiology, Boston Healthcare System Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA R. B. Towbin Department of Radiology, Phoenix Children’ s Hospital, Phoenix, AZ, USA K. M. Baskin Division of Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology, Department of Radiology, Children’ s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA Pediatr Radiol (2010) 40:237–250 DOI 10.1007/s00247-009-1499-8