About the Authors
- Peter J. Carr
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Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
* E-mail: peter.carr@nuigalway.ie
Current address: HRB Clinical Research Facility Galway, National University of Ireland Galway, University Hospital Galway, Galway, Ireland.
Affiliations Health Research Board, Clinical Research Facility, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland, Alliance for Vascular Access Teaching & Research (AVATAR) Group, Menzies Health Institute Queensland, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Perth, Australia
- James C. R. Rippey
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Roles Data curation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing
Affiliations Alliance for Vascular Access Teaching & Research (AVATAR) Group, Menzies Health Institute Queensland, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Perth, Australia, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, QEII Medical Centre, Nedlands, Perth, Western Australia
- Marie L. Cooke
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Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Alliance for Vascular Access Teaching & Research (AVATAR) Group, Menzies Health Institute Queensland, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia
- Niall S. Higgins
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Roles Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing
Affiliations Alliance for Vascular Access Teaching & Research (AVATAR) Group, Menzies Health Institute Queensland, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia
- Michelle L. Trevenen
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Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Resources, Software, Visualization, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Centre for Applied Statistics, The University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Australia
- Aileen Foale
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Roles Data curation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Fiona Stanley Hospital, Murdoch, Australia
- Gerben Keijzers
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Roles Visualization, Writing – review & editing
Affiliations Department of Emergency Medicine, Gold Coast University Hospital, Gold Coast, Australia School of Medicine, Bond University, Gold Coast, Australia, School of Medicine, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Australia
- Claire M. Rickard
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Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Alliance for Vascular Access Teaching & Research (AVATAR) Group, Menzies Health Institute Queensland, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia
Competing Interests
PJC’s research was supported by a Becton Dickinson (BD) contribution to the AVATAR group based at Griffith University. MC’s employer has received on her behalf: an unrestricted research grant from BD, during the conduct of the study; unrestricted research grants and/or educational grants from 3M, Baxter, BD, Entrotech, outside the submitted work. CMR’s employer has received on her behalf: an unrestricted research grant from BD, during the conduct of the study; unrestricted research grants and/or educational grants from 3M, Adhezion, Angiodynamics, Bard, Baxter, BBraun, BD, Carefusion, Centurion Medical Products, Cook Medical, Entrotech, Flomedical, ICU Medical, Medical Australia,Medtronic, Smiths Medical, Teleflex, outside the submitted work; consultancy payments from 3M, Bard, BBraun, BD, Smiths Medical, ResQDevices, outside the submitted work. No commercial entity had any role in the preparation of this manuscript. All other authors have no competing interest to declare. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.