A summary of survey results.

Table 1: A summary of survey results.

	n	Percentage
Training
At nursing school
Theoretical training	591	57%
Practical training	901	87%
Theoretical and practical training	311	30%
During internship
Theoretical training during	62	6%
Practical training during	508	49%
No training	467	55%

Practice
Coaching during first BC	487	47%
Coaching during first 5 BC	93	9%
Coaching during all BC	238	23%
No coaching during BC	124	12%

Drawn > 5 BC	290	28%
Drawn 2 < BC < 5	249	24%
Drawn 1 < BC < 2	269	26%
No BC drawn	228	22%

BC from peripheral stick	912	88%
BC from arterial line	73	7%
BC from central venous device	321	31%

Cleaning the BC bottle top	736	71%

> 8 ml of blood sample	207	20%
6 to 8 ml of blood sample	425	41%
5 ml of blood sample	332	32%

Aerobic BC first	860	83%
Anaerobic BC first	176	17%

Hygiene practices
Washing hands prior to BC	995	96%
Cleaning venepuncture site prior to BC	974	94%
Wearing gloves	829	80%
Wearing a facial mask	155	15%

n: Number of answers; NS: Nursing school; IS: Internship; BC: Blood culture.