September 2025- date -.

Yusuke Terasaka, Vice President and Head of the Department of Emergency Medicine, Kyoto Katsura Hospital This time, we visited six representative hospitals in India (with 400 to 1,500 beds) to observe the introduction of PICC (peripherally inserted central venous catheter). At these hospitals, 10 to 15 PICC insertions are performed per day, and at each facility...

We continue to introduce the "Guide to Prevention of Catheter-Associated Bloodstream Infection (CABSI) in Adults" published by the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) in the United States in 2025. In this second part, we introduce best practices for catheter management...

Yusuke Terasaka, Vice President and Chief of the Department of Emergency Medicine, Kyoto Katsura Hospital This time, I visited major cities in India for 9 days and 7 nights to inspect local hospitals and medical sites. India has the world's largest population and the fastest growing economy, but there is a great disparity in the field of medical care between public and private hospitals, and between urban and rural areas. We actually visited PICC, a...

In this issue, we will introduce the "Guide to Prevention of Catheter-Associated Bloodstream Infection (CABSI) in Adults" published by the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) in the United States in 2025. This is a long article and will be divided into two parts. In this first part, we will discuss catheter...