Derivation of a clinical decision-making aid to improve the insertion of clinically indicated peripheral intravenous catheters and promote vessel health preservation. An observational study

• Peter J. Carr ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: peter.carr@nuigalway.ie

  Current address: HRB Clinical Research Facility Galway, National University of Ireland Galway, University Hospital Galway, Galway, Ireland.

  Affiliations Health Research Board, Clinical Research Facility, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland, Alliance for Vascular Access Teaching & Research (AVATAR) Group, Menzies Health Institute Queensland, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Perth, Australia

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4935-3256

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• James C. R. Rippey,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Alliance for Vascular Access Teaching & Research (AVATAR) Group, Menzies Health Institute Queensland, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Perth, Australia, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, QEII Medical Centre, Nedlands, Perth, Western Australia

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• Marie L. Cooke,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Alliance for Vascular Access Teaching & Research (AVATAR) Group, Menzies Health Institute Queensland, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia

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• Niall S. Higgins,

  Roles Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Alliance for Vascular Access Teaching & Research (AVATAR) Group, Menzies Health Institute Queensland, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3260-1711

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• Michelle L. Trevenen,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Resources, Software, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Centre for Applied Statistics, The University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Australia

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0614-8319

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• Aileen Foale,

  Roles Data curation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Fiona Stanley Hospital, Murdoch, Australia

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• Gerben Keijzers,

  Roles Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Emergency Medicine, Gold Coast University Hospital, Gold Coast, Australia School of Medicine, Bond University, Gold Coast, Australia, School of Medicine, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Australia

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1100-4552

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• Claire M. Rickard

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Alliance for Vascular Access Teaching & Research (AVATAR) Group, Menzies Health Institute Queensland, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia

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