Evaluation of a Touchless Vein Scanner for Venepuncture and Cannulation in Pediatric Patients

Completed

• Conditions: Venepuncture

• Registration Number: NCT01434537
• Lead Sponsor: Charite University, Berlin, Germany

Brief Summary

Evaluation of the AccuVein ® AV 300 vein scanner in clinical routine in a pediatric operation room setting for a 4 weeks period. Assessment of usability, anonymous clinical register of every venepuncture(age, gender, size, weight, punction site, number of attempts, time until successful cannulation, local anaesthesia, general anaesthesia, pain scales: faces pain scale und BPS/BPOS).

Detailed Description

For application of drugs and liquids a peripheral venous access is necessary in anaesthesiological procedures.The peripheral venepuncture is a painful procedure and induces a higher level of perioperative stress in children.

The punction of peripheral veins in children can be made difficult by the often distinctive amount of subcutaneous fat or other medical conditions.

The AccuVein ® AV300 vein scanner is a contactless, laser-driven device made for facilitate the search for peripheral veins up to a depth of 7mm. This could lead to a minimization of time until successful puncture and smaller number of failures.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2011-01
• Primary Completion: 2011-03
• Study Completion: 2011-07
• Study First Submitted: 2011-07-29
• Status Verified: 2011-09
• Study First Submitted QC: 2011-09-14
• Last Update Submitted: 2011-09-14
• Study First Posted: 2011-09-15
• Last Update Posted: 2011-09-15

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 238

Inclusion Criteria

• age from 0 to 17 years
• perioperative indication for peripheral venous access
• regular work time of the operation room from 7 am to 4 pm

Exclusion Criteria

• age more than 17 years
• no indication for or already established venous access

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
time until completion of procedure	Day 1	minutes until successful puncture and cannulation of peripheral vein

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
number of attempts until completion of procedure	Day 1	number of attempts until successful puncture and cannulation of peripheral vein

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Campus Virchow-Klinikum and Campus Charité Mitte, Charité - Universitaetsmedizin Berlin; 🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany