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Table 1 Descriptive statistics* for raters, patients and PIVC background n = 410

From: Monitoring quality of care for peripheral intravenous catheters; feasibility and reliability of the peripheral intravenous catheters mini questionnaire (PIVC-miniQ)

 

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)

  1. *N (%) shown unless otherwise indicated
  2. Abbreviations: PIVC Peripheral Intravenous Catheter, G Gauge, EMS Emergency Medical Services
  3. ICU Intensive Care Unit