Study	Reason for exclusion
Arauj 2011	Wrong population group: PICC catheter
Arnts 2011	Wrong population: peripheral cannula
Brito 2018	Wrong study type: retrospective study
De Neef 2002	Type of catheter not relevant
Geritz 1992	Type of catheter not relevant
Heidari Gorji 2015	Wrong population: adults
Kaneko 2004	Population not relevant: adults aged over 18 years
Klein 2017	Wrong population: adults
Klein 2018	Wrong population: adults
NCT00001518	Wrong population: adults
NCT01343680	Study terminated due to poor patient accrual (total of 2 participants enrolled)
NCT02354118	Wrong population: adults
NCT02923830	Wrong population: adults
Pumarola 2007	Type of catheter not relevant
Rabe 2002	Type of catheter not relevant and population aged over 18 years
Reichardt 2002	Wrong population: adults
Schallom 2012	Wrong population: adults
Schultz 2002	Type of catheter not relevant

PICC: peripherally inserted central catheter