Table 2.
Rates of midline complications across pilot hospitals, January 2017–March 2018
| Site number hospital ID |
Complication rates (%) | |||||||||
| Accidental dislodgement (%) |
Leakage (%) |
Infiltration (%) |
Occlusion (%) |
Upper-extremity DVT (%) |
Bloodstream infection (%) |
Minor complication (%) | Major complication (%) | Midlines with 1+ complication (%) |
Average number of complication per midline | |
| Site 1 | 5.33 | 1.33 | 2.00 | 7.33 | 0.67 | 0 | 8.67 | 8.00 | 16.67 | 0.17 |
| Site 2 | 2.20 | 3.30 | 0 | 1.10 | 3.30 | 1.10 | 5.49 | 5.49 | 10.99 | 0.11 |
| Site 3 | 1.14 | 1.14 | 0 | 1.14 | 1.14 | 0 | 2.27 | 2.27 | 4.55 | 0.05 |
| Site 4 | 6.12 | 5.10 | 0 | 2.04 | 1.02 | 0 | 12.24 | 3.06 | 15.31 | 0.15 |
| Site 5 | 3.39 | 1.69 | 0 | 3.39 | 0 | 0 | 5.08 | 3.39 | 8.47 | 0.08 |
| Site 6 | 5.11 | 2.19 | 0.73 | 1.46 | 1.46 | 0 | 8.03 | 2.92 | 10.95 | 0.11 |
| Site 7 | 1.11 | 5.56 | 0 | 2.22 | 3.33 | 0 | 6.67 | 4.44 | 11.11 | 0.11 |
| Site 8 | 2.60 | 1.30 | 1.30 | 0 | 2.60 | 0 | 5.19 | 2.60 | 7.79 | 0.08 |
| Site 9 | 1.08 | 3.23 | 1.08 | 2.15 | 0 | 1.08 | 6.45 | 1.08 | 7.53 | 0.08 |
| Site 10 | 4.48 | 1.49 | 0 | 0 | 2.99 | 1.49 | 5.97 | 2.99 | 8.96 | 0.09 |
| Site 11 | 5.26 | 0 | 0 | 3.16 | 0 | 1.05 | 6.32 | 3.16 | 9.47 | 0.09 |
| Site 12 | 5.17 | 0.86 | 0.86 | 0 | 0.86 | 0 | 6.90 | 0 | 6.90 | 0.07 |
| All sites | 3.79 | 2.24 | 0.60 | 2.24 | 1.38 | 0.34 | 6.89 | 3.45 | 10.34 | 0.10 |
Midline utilisation rate=total number of midlines placed per year/number of patient discharges per year.
DVT, deep vein thrombosis.