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This anonymous survey of hospitalists and acute care nurses evaluated awareness of peripheral intravenous catheters (PIVC) presence and decision-making regarding PIVC insertion, maintenance, and removal. Nurses were most aware of PIVC presence and regarded as best to make decisions about PIVC, yet <50% of respondents felt nurses should remove PIVC without an order.
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