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Reducing Blood Culture Contamination With the Use of a Needle-less Blood Draw Device (The PIVO Trial)

RecruitingNAAges 18 Years - anyAllThe University of Queensland
NCT06806709 on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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What the trial is, and whether it could suit you

Blood cultures (BCs) are a blood test to look for an infection. Two problems with the sample collection are contamination by germs outside of the blood and not collecting enough blood in the tube, resulting in unusable samples. Many patients requiring a BC also have a peripheral intravenous catheter ("catheter") but these are not normally used for blood sampling. This means that patients receive many painful needles for both catheter insertion and blood sampling. There is a needle-free blood collection device (PIVO Pro) which can be used with a catheter to collect a blood sample. The goal of the PIVO Trial is to see if using the PIVO Pro for blood culture sample collection will have a lower amount of contamination than the usual method of blood sample collection. Patients 18 and older at 3 emergency departments will be included. Research nurses will look for patients in emergency who ne

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📋 Eligibility rules (as published)
Inclusion Criteria: * Blood culture requested due to suspected bloodstream infection * Patients receiving a 22 gauge short peripheral intravenous catheter (or larger) Exclusion Criteria: * Patients who have already commenced intravenous antimicrobial medications in the emergency department
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What it tests

  • PIVO-Pro needle-free blood collection device
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Where

4 sites
Caboolture Hospital
Caboolture, Australia
Redcliffe Hospital
Redcliffe, Australia
Robina Hospital
Robina, Australia
The Gold Coast University Hospital
Southport, Australia
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