3. Results
A total of 1203 surveys were returned, with 1178 con-
taining complete data for further analysis (see Fig. 1). Of
this number, 1068 (91%) respondents cared for patients
with peripheral intravenous catheters and 584 (50%) cared
for patients with central venous catheters. The majority of
respondents were registered nurses (55%) caring for adult
patients (63%) in a metropolitan facility (48%). Respon-
dents represented nurses and midwives from a range of
settings: primary and acute; metropolitan, regional and
remote; neonatal, paediatric, adult. Full occupational
details are presented in Table 1. The broad distribution
of the survey promoted the opportunity to receive