Comparison of maximal sterile barrier precautions with standard sterile barrier precautions on catheter-related blood stream infection: a multi-institutional randomized controlled trial.

UMIN ID: UMIN000001400

Registered date:27/09/2008

Basic Information

• Recruitment status: Complete: follow-up complete
• Health condition(s) or Problem(s) studied: Patients who were admitted in the general surgical wards and were planned to be inserted non-tunneled CVC.
• Date of first enrollment: 2004/09/01
• Target sample size: 400
• Countries of recruitment: Japan
• Study type: Interventional

Intervention(s)

maximal sterile barrier precautions (MSBP)
standard sterile barrier precautions (SSBP)

Outcome(s)

• Primary Outcome: catheter-related blood stream infection (CRBSI)
• Secondary Outcome: catheter-related infection (CRI)

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

• Age minimum: 19years-old
• Age maximum: Not applicable
• Gender: Male and Female
• Exclude criteria: (1) Patients under 18 years old (2) Patients who had a temparature 0f 38.1 degree centigrade or above. (3) Patients who had already been administered antibiotics before CVC insertion. (4) Patients who were inserted CVC as a replacement. (5) Patients who were in the ICU.

Related Information

• Primary Sponsor: National Hospital Organization Kumamoto Medical Center
• Source(s) of Monetary Support: Health Science Research Grants for Research on Medical Technology Assessment and Comprehensive Research on Aging and Health, from the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare of Japan.