miniMAGIC

The majority of all hospitalized children require placement of a vascular access device to receive medications, for life-saving therapies and blood tests. But vascular access decision making in pediatric patients remains a complex, highly variable process.

The Michigan Appropriateness Guide for Intravascular Catheters in Pediatrics (miniMAGIC) provides evidence-based guidance on intravenous catheter selection, device characteristics and insertion technique – from umbilical catheters to totally implanted venous devices – in pediatric patients, across a range of clinical indications.