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Table 3 Staffing resources for ICM insertion

From: Safety of in-hospital insertable cardiac monitor procedures performed outside the traditional settings: results from the Reveal LINQ in-office 2 international study

Staffing Resource

Pre-Insertion

n (%)

Device Insertion

n (%)

Post-Insertion

n (%)

Physician

112 (58.6%)

157 (82.2%)

69 (36.1%)

Physician assistant

48 (25.1%)

46 (24.1%)

46 (24.1%)

Nurse practitioner

22 (11.5%)

18 (9.4%)

28 (14.7%)

Registered nurse

130 (68.1%)

107 (56.0%)

43 (22.5%)

CV/OR technologista

52 (27.2%)

54 (28.3%)

101 (52.9%)

Medical assistant

11 (5.8%)

5 (2.6%)

4 (2.1%)

Other

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

1 (0.5%)

  1. a Cardiovascular/surgical technologist