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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: BMJ Qual Saf. 2020 Dec 24;30(8):628–638. doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2020-011987

Table 1:

Hospital Characteristics

Site 1 Site 2 Site 3 Site 4 Site 5
PICC insertion model ICU: PICCs inserted by trained nurses
Non-ICU: PICCs inserted by interventional radiology
PICCs inserted by interventional radiology only No on-site PICC insertion Vascular Access Nurse Team Vascular Access Nurse Team
Average daily hospital census for October-December 2018 132 53 46* 252 180
Census Division East North Central West North Central East North Central West South Central South Atlantic
Number of interviews completed 10 14 7 13 12

ICU = intensive care unit; PICC = peripherally inserted central catheter.

*

Mostly inpatient mental health with a reported average daily census of about 4 acute care medical patients