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India's extravaganza: food, tourist attractions, etc. The Indian subcontinent is an extremely diverse cultural sphere, supported by its diverse topography surrounded by mountains and oceans, where multiple religions such as Hinduism, Islam, and Christianity coexist, and more than 20 official languages are used, including not only Hindi and English. This time...

In April 2014, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare introduced the "ICU admission criteria (severity of illness and medical/nursing necessity). These criteria limit patients who can be admitted to the ICU to those who "require a certain level of monitoring and treatment," and the system is designed to calculate reimbursement according to the implementation of such monitoring and treatment. This allows ICU...

Yusuke Terasaka, Vice President and Head of the Department of Emergency Medicine, Kyoto Katsura Hospital Values of PICC among physicians in various fields in India: Through a panel discussion Three important techniques for proper PICC insertion and positioning in Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, and Kolkata....

The CV port (subcutaneous implantable central venous access port) is the central venous catheter of choice when prolonged chemotherapy is required or when high-calorie infusions must be administered at home. By removing the needle, the special design of the entry site...

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...

In the last part of this report on our experiences of participating in overseas academic conferences, I would like to introduce the results of our activities. The AMOR-VENUS study team, consisting of myself, Dr. Hideto Yasuda, Dr. Masahiro Kashiwaura, our medical staff, and myself as a member of J-IVCARES, conducted a study entitled "Impact of different peripheral venous catheter materials in the intensive care unit on the incidence of phlebitis....

In this third installment of our overseas academic conference participation experience, we would like to introduce the Main Congress. The Main Congress featured important research presentations on evidence-based vascular access management. Parallel sessions were held on a wide variety of topics, including "Acute Care," "Prehospital and Emergency Medicine...