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| 3 | Complete guidelines with publication dates that have been superseded by more recent complete guidelines |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.