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Article History

Received: 14 May 2018

Accepted: 26 September 2018

First Online: 17 October 2018

Ethics approval and consent to participate

: Ethical approval was obtained from Queensland Health (EC00172) (HREC/16/QRBW/386) and Griffith University (EC00162) (2016/782). Informed consent was provided by all participants.

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: NM’s employer has received the following on her behalf from manufacturers of peripheral intravenous catheter products: investigator-initiated research grants and unrestricted educational grants from 3M, Adhezion, BD, Centurion Medical Products, Cook Medical, Entrotech and Teleflex.EL’s employer has received the following on her behalf from manufacturers of vascular device products: consultancy payment for an educational lecture from 3M and an investigator-initiated research grant from Medtronic.JG’s employer has received on her behalf an investigator-initiated research grant from Centurion Medical Products.MC’s employer has received the following on her behalf from manufacturers of peripheral intravenous catheter products: investigator-initiated research grants and unrestricted educational grants from Baxter, BD, Centurion Medical Products and Entrotech.CMR’s employer has received the following on her behalf from manufacturers of peripheral intravenous catheters or vascular device dressing and securement products: investigator-initiated research or educational grants from 3M, Adhezion, AngioDynamics, Bard, Baxter, B Braun, BD, Centurion Medical Products, Cook Medical, Entrotech, FloMedical, ICU Medical, Medical Australia, Medtronic, Smiths Medical and Teleflex; and consultancy payments for educational lectures/expert advice from 3M, Bard, B Braun, BD, ResQDevices and Smiths Medical.The remaining authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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