Guidance Pages

2024​

Hepatocellular Carcinoma Surveillance Minimum Standards  August 2024

Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Delivering Quality Ultrasound Surveillance August 2024

Guidelines for the interpretation and reporting of diagnostic ultrasound scanning in soft-tissue masses September 2024

Paediatric Neck Lump Guidelines September 2024

Recruitment of sonographers without a CASE accredited award: Guidance for employers September 2024

Recruiting international sonographers and those without a CASE accredited award September 2024

2023

Guidelines for Professional Ultrasound Practice - revised December 2023.

Recommendations for specialists practising ultrasound independently of radiology departments: safety, governance and education, May 2023

Guidelines for Professional Diagnostic Ultrasound Practice in Medical Aesthetics, September 2023

  1. Guidelines for the Administration of Ultrasound Guided Musculoskeletal Injections, May 2023

    1. Appendix 1: Referral Criteria for Ultrasound Guided Injections

    2. Appendix 2: Examples of Pre Injection Check Lists

    3. Appendix 3: Example of a Competency Assessment Form

    4. Appendix 4: Feedback and Audit

    5. Appendix 5: Written Consent

    6. Appendix 6: Patient Information

2022

Incidental Findings General Medical Ultrasound Examinations: Management and Diagnostic Pathways Guidance, updated February 2022

Professional Guidance for Fetal Growth Scans Performed after 23 weeks of Gestation. January 2022

Transvaginal Ultrasound Examinations – Guidance for Practitioners, October 2022

Small Animal Veterinary Guidelines for Professional Ultrasound Practice, December 2022

Preceptorship and Capability Framework for Sonographers, updated March 2023; initially launched July 2022

2021

BMUS Peer Review Audit Tool -  revised November 2021

BMUS Justification of Referrals in Primary Care - revised October 2021

COVID-19 Lung Ultrasound Guidance, Archived June 2021

Public Health England Good Infection Prevention Practice - Using Ultrasound Gel, updated November 2021

Statement on the safe use of Doppler in fetal second and third trimester ultrasound examinations, January 2021

Best Practice PoCUS Governance Statement, March 2021

Guidance for Optimising Practitioner and Patient Safety in Ultrasound Departments, April 2021

Neck Standards and Competencies, September 2021

Guidance document on neonatal ultrasound safety issues, November 2021

BMUS Giant Cell Arteritis Guidance, November 2021

2020

Ultrasound Transducer Decontamination, March 2020

COVID-19 Lung Ultrasound Top Tips Poster, April 2020

Consensus Guidelines on the Communication of Unexpected News via Ultrasound, August 2020

2017

Mystery Shopper - a Quality Review Process in Radiology, December 2017