Efficacy of Medical Grade Honey to prevent Catheter Insertion Site Colonization of Intensive Care Patients.
Recruiting
- Conditions
- catheter-related infection
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON23454
- Lead Sponsor
- Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Brief Summary
/A
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 270
Inclusion Criteria
1. Presence of a central venous catheter;
2. >= 18 years of age;
Exclusion Criteria
1. Infectious skin diseases;
2. Other skin diseases that can be considered to influence microbial colonization;
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Frequency of positive skin swab cultures of catheter insertion sites at the last sampling point.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Frequency of positive skin swab cultures of catheter insertion sites over time;<br /><br>2. The level of colonization of catheter insertion sites as measured in numbers of colony-forming units; analysis of the last sampling point and analysis over time;<br /><br>3. Stratification of the above mentioned analyses by location of the catheters.<br>