Inclusion and exclusion criteria
No. | Items |
Inclusion criteria | |
1 | Published international and national guidelines on the management and/or prevention of PICC-related thrombosis |
2 | Most recent complete guideline (from a single working group, ie, ACCP) and any partial revisions for the guideline published thereafter |
3 | Include an explicit statement identifying the document as a ‘guideline’ |
Exclusion criteria | |
1 | Guidelines under development |
2 | Guidelines were specific to one institution |
3 | Complete guidelines with publication dates that have been superseded by more recent complete guidelines |
4 | Clinical practice standards, defined as a statement reached through consensus, which identifies the desired outcome. Usually used in audit as a measure of success |
5 | Guidelines inclusive of only one phase of care, for example, Ginzburg et al42 (ie, during rehabilitative therapy) |
ACCP, American College of Chest Physicians; PICC-related thrombosis, Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter-related thrombosis.