Table 5.

Required elements for a Stroke Interventional Lab within a Stroke Center (SVIN-SILC: Stroke Interventional Laboratory Consensus criteria)

8M approach
Manpower	Essential personnel including medical director, physicians, nurses and radiology technicians
Machines	Appropriate angiographic equipment and facility level resources
Materials	Medical device inventory, angiography room supplies and medications
Methods	Standardized protocols for stroke workflow optimization within hospital and within the stroke interventional lab
Metrics, volume	Annual volume criteria for facilities as well as stroke interventionists to obtain as well as maintain certification or credentials
Metrics, quality	Benchmarks for performance improvement and quality assurance with meaningful measures within the stroke interventional lab
Metrics, safety	Radiation and procedural safety practices
Money	Fair market value compensation standards for physician manpower needs to provide 24/7 coverage of stroke interventional labs