The dressing and securement of non-tunnelled Central Venous Access Devices (CVADs), in the paediatric intensive care: a pilot, randomised controlled trial.
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Central venous access device complication and failure prior to completion of therapyPublic Health - Health service research
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12615000977572
- Lead Sponsor
- Griffith University
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 180
Inclusion Criteria
*Patients < 18 years of age
*Will remain admitted to the Lady Cilento Children’s Hospital for >24 hours
*Informed consent to participate
*Non-tunnelled CVAD to be inserted and will remain insitu for >24 hours
Exclusion Criteria
*All other intravascular device types (e.g. peripherally inserted central catheters, totally implanted CVADs, peripheral intravascular devices)
*Current bloodstream infection
*Non-English speakers without an interpreter
*CVADs inserted through diseased burned or scarred skin
*Known allergy to any study product
*Current skin tear / ‘papery’ skin at high risk of tear
*Previous enrolment in the study within this hospital admission
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method