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Table 2 Non-availability of equipment in each organisation

From: The safe insertion of peripheral intravenous catheters: a mixed methods descriptive study of the availability of the equipment needed

Item

Organisation A(% of cannulations)

Organisation D(% of cannulations)

Organisation F(% of cannulations)

TOTAL(% of

cannulations)

Total cannulations

76

62

212

350

Hand hygiene facilities

0

0

0

0

Personal protection e.g. gloves

0

0

0

0

Skin preparation e.g. 2% chlorhexidine

0

2(3.2%)

1(0.5%)

3(0.9%)

Clean tourniquet

8(11%)

0

0

8(2.3%)

Intravenous cannula

2(3%)

0

2(1.0%)

4(1.1%)

Specific intravenous cannula dressing

0

5(8.0%)

2(1.0%)

7(2%)

Sharps disposal bin

5(7%)

0

20(9.4%)

25(7.1%)

TOTAL FAILURES

15(19.7%)

7(11.3%)

25(11.8%)

47(13.4%)

RELIABILITY

80.3%

88.7%

88.2%

86.9%