Hospital A | Hospital B | Total | |
---|---|---|---|
Raters | |||
Number of raters | 10 | 54 | 64 |
Nurse student | 1 (10.0) | 3 (5.6) | 4 (6.3) |
Primary nurse | 3 (30.0) | 46 (85.2) | 49 (76.6) |
Educator nurse | 6 (60.0) | 5 (9.3) | 11 (17.1) |
Patients | |||
Number of patients | 32 | 145 | 177 |
Patient Age, mean (SD) | 70.7 (15.4) | 63.1 (17.1) | 64.9 (16.9) |
Patient Gender | |||
Female | 22 (68.8) | 66 (45.5) | 88 (49.7) |
Male | 10 (31.2) | 79 (54.5) | 89 (50.3) |
PIVC | |||
Number of PIVCs | 49 | 156 | 205 |
Ward unit | |||
Medicine | 27 (55.1) | 56 (35.9) | 83 (40.5) |
Surgery | 22 (44.9) | 100 (64.1) | 122 (59.5) |
PIVC indwell time (days) mean (SD), range | 1.50 (1.1) 0–9 | 1.95 (1.6) 0–7 | 1.90 (1.6) 0–9 |
PIVC site | |||
Hand | 18 (36.7) | 34 (21.8) | 52 (25.4) |
Wrist | 13 (26.5) | 21 (13.5) | 34 (16.6) |
Forearm | 10 (20.4) | 41 (26.3) | 51 (24.9) |
Antecubital fossa | 8 (16.3) | 57 (36.5) | 65 (31.7) |
Foot | 0 | 2 (1.3) | 2 (0.9) |
Upper arm | 0 | 1 (0.6) | 1 (0.5) |
PIVC size (gauge) | |||
22 G | 9 (18.4) | 31 (19.9) | 40 (19.5) |
20 G | 28 (57.1) | 41 (26.3) | 69 (33.7) |
18 G | 11 (22.4) | 82 (52.6) | 93 (45.3) |
16 G | 1 (2.0) | 2 (1.2) | 3 (1.5) |
Insertion Environment | |||
Ambulance/ EMS | 6 (12.2) | 8 (5.9) | 14 (6.8) |
Emergency department | 21 (42.9) | 34 (21.8) | 55 (26.8) |
Operating theatre | 4 (8.2) | 45 (28.8) | 49 (23.9) |
Hospital ward/unit/ICU | 14 (28.6) | 60 (38.5) | 74 (36.1) |
Radiology/ procedure room | 1 (2.0) | 1 (0.6) | 2 (1,0) |
Unknown | 3 (6.1) | 8 (5.1) | 11 (5.4) |