Development and validation of medical adhesive-related skin injury risk assessment scale at peripherally inserted central catheter insertion site in oncology patients.

The patients were from one hospital in Shanxi, China, so the results may not apply to other hospitals or countries. The scale has not been tested to see whether using it reduces skin injury or changes patient outcomes. Experts were all women and all from Chinese tertiary hospitals, which may limit generalisability of the item selection. Some items rely on nurse judgement, such as dry skin, wet skin, and oedema, although the paper says criteria were used. The scale does not include dressing type, disinfectant, or fixation device, so it cannot guide those choices directly.

No funding was received. The authors declared no competing interests.

Do not read this as proof that using the scale prevents skin injury. It showed moderate prediction in one hospital and did not test preventive care based on the score.