# 37 Site Selection - Practice Criteria:  II Peripheral-Midline and III PICC it states:
 
Site selection should be routinely initiated in the region of the antecubital fossa; veins that should be considered for cannulation are the basilic, median cubital, cephalic, and the brachial.
 
When we use ultrasound we are hardly ever placed in the antecubital fossa because of the larger catheters being required, increase in antecubital complications because of movement and of course patient comfort.
 
What are the legal implications of this in court by not using the antecubital for placement?       Thanks

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