Status:

COMPLETED

Adding Vortexing to the Maki Technique Provides no Benefit for the Diagnosis of Catheter-related Bacteremia

Lead Sponsor:

University Hospital of Canary Islands

Conditions:

Catheter-related Bloodstream Infection

Eligibility:

All Genders

Brief Summary

The investigators wanted to determine whether the combined use of vortexing and Maki techniques provides profitability versus the Maki technique for the diagnosis of catheter tip colonization and cath...

Detailed Description

BACKGROUND A previous study compared vortexing and Maki techniques for the diagnosis of catheter-related bloodstream infection (CRBSI), and concluded that vortexing was not superior to Maki method. A...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Patients with suspicion of catheter-related infection (CRI) and with long term CVC (at least 7 days)

Exclusion

  • none

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

April 1 2022

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

September 30 2022

Estimated Enrollment :

136 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT06216184

Start Date

April 1 2022

End Date

September 30 2022

Last Update

January 22 2024

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Leonardo Lorente

San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain, 38320