From: Lower risk of peripheral venous catheter-related bloodstream infection by hand insertion
Other sites | Hand | p value | |
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Gender*, female (%) | 58,301 (54.3) | 15,024 (52.6) | < 0.01 |
Age*, median [IQR] | 52 [33; 72] | 42 [28; 58] | < 0.01 |
ICU (%) | 7237 (2.5) | 1915 (1.7) | < 0.01 |
Time to catheter insertion, median [IQR] | 1 [1; 5] | 1 [1; 2] | < 0.01 |
Catheter days, median [IQR] | 3 [2; 4] | 2 [1; 4] | < 0.01 |
Catheter ≥ 3 days (%) | 155,932 (53.1) | 48,084 (43.8) | < 0.01 |
Insertion outside of the hospital (%) | 15,044 (5.1) | 17,101 (15.6) | < 0.01 |
PVC-related BSI (%) | 55 (0) | 6 (0) | < 0.01 |