Meeting
Abstract Number: 118
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Background: Guidelines for peripherally inserted central catheters (PICCs) recommend avoiding insertion if the anticipated use is 5 or fewer days. However, short-term PICC use is common in hospitals. We sought to identify patient-, provider- and device-characteristics associated with short-term PICC use. Methods: Between January 2014 and June 2016, trained abstractors at each of 51 Michigan […]