Variables | Total n = 3429 |
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Catheter inserted by (n,%) | |
 Doctor | 287/2681 (10.7%) |
 Nurse | 2393/2681 (89.3%) |
 Medical technologist | 1/2681 (0.04%) |
Antiseptic solution before catheterization (n,%) | |
 None | 8/2665 (0.3%) |
 Alcohol | 2599/2665 (97.5%) |
 0.2% chlorhexidine alcohol | 21/2665 (0.8%) |
 0.5% chlorhexidine alcohol | 15/2665 (0.6%) |
 1.0% chlorhexidine alcohol | 17/2665 (0.7%) |
 10% povidone iodine | 2/2665 (0.1%) |
 Other | 3/2665 (0.1%) |
Use of ultrasonography (n,%) | 58/2636 (2.2%) |
Number of trials for insertion (n,%) | |
 1 | 2119/2619 (80.9%) |
 2 | 313/2619 (12.0%) |
 3 | 130/2619 (5.0%) |
 4 | 26/2619 (1.0%) |
 5 | 15/2619 (0.6%) |
 ≧ 6 | 16/2619 (0.6%) |
Difficulty of insertion (n,%) | |
 Easy | 1232/2594 (47.5%) |
 Slightly easy | 772/2594 (29.8%) |
 Slightly difficult | 456/2594 (17.6%) |
 Difficult | 134/2594 (5.2%) |
Glove (n,%) | |
 Sterile | 19/2630 (0.7%) |
 Non-sterile | 2496/2630 (94.9%) |
 Nothing | 115/2630 (4.4%) |