Table 4 Handling characteristics. Subjective assessment by corresponding operators
Handling Characteristics | Total | Introcan | Vasofix | Pchi | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N (all) | N | Perc | N (all) | N | Perc | N (all) | N | Perc | ||
Was backflow clearly/quickly visible? | 2293 | < .001 | ||||||||
Yes | 2150 | 93.8% | 1126 | 1025 | 91.0% | 1167 | 1125 | 96.4% | ||
No | 143 | 6.2% | 101 | 9.0% | 42 | 3.6% | ||||
Was there blood spillage during placement? | 2275 | < .001 | ||||||||
Yes | 285 | 12.5% | 1113 | 185 | 16.6% | 1162 | 100 | 8.6% | ||
No | 1990 | 87.5% | 928 | 83.4% | 1062 | 91.4% | ||||
Dressing status | 2216 | < .001 | ||||||||
Clean, dry | 2131 | 96.2% | 1068 | 1002 | 93.8% | 1148 | 1129 | 98.3% | ||
Soiled by blood | 33 | 1.5% | 26 | 2.4% | 7 | 0.6% | ||||
Soiled by other fluids | 44 | 2.0% | 34 | 3.2% | 10 | 0.9% | ||||
Soiled by blood and other fluids | 8 | 0.4% | 6 | 0.6% | 2 | 0.2% | ||||
Did the port or wings influence catheterization? | ||||||||||
No | 1138 | 846 | 74.3% | - | ||||||
Yes, the port | 71 | 6.2% | ||||||||
Yes, the wings | 81 | 7.1% | ||||||||
Yes, the port and wings | 140 | 12.3% | ||||||||
Overall Assessment | 2302 | < .001 | ||||||||
Very good | 572 | 24.8% | 1133 | 41 | 3.6% | 1169 | 531 | 45.4% | ||
Good | 671 | 29.1% | 195 | 17.2% | 476 | 40.7% | ||||
Satisfactory | 404 | 17.5% | 303 | 26.7% | 101 | 8.6% | ||||
Sufficient | 312 | 13.6% | 268 | 23.7% | 44 | 3.8% | ||||
Poor | 240 | 10.4% | 228 | 20.1% | 12 | 1.0% | ||||
Unsatisfactory | 103 | 4.5% | 98 | 8.6% | 5 | 0.4% | ||||