Clinical Application and Validation of Innovative Tourniquet

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Compartment Syndrome of Forearm
• Interventions: Device: Innovative tourniquet (Acusense Nonpneumatic tourniquet)

• Registration Number: NCT05605990
• Lead Sponsor: National Cheng-Kung University Hospital

Brief Summary

Background: Tourniquets are the basic equipment for nurses to perform blood draws, and venous indwelling needles for congestion, or for hemostasis. Therefore, forgetting to remove the tourniquet is a common problem that leads to blood circulation being blocked, and even severe tissue necrosis occurred.

Purpose: The study aimed to evaluate whether this innovative tourniquet could prevent forgetting to remove the tourniquet, and improve the satisfaction of care.

Research design: This clinical research trial was a quasi-experimental study designed for a single group with pre-and post-test. We will recruit 160 nurses in high-risk units of the hospital. The delay in removing the tourniquet as our study outcome is defined as the removing time delay of one minute.

Expected results: The research results will provide some evidence of the efficacy of intelligent tourniquets.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2022-10-25
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-10-31
• Study First Posted: 2022-11-04
• Study Start: 2022-12-01
• Primary Completion: 2023-06-30
• Study Completion: 2023-12-31
• Status Verified: 2024-04
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-04-08
• Last Update Posted: 2024-04-09

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 160

Inclusion Criteria

Nurse group: We included nurses who have working experience of more than 3 months, and are willing to use an innovative tourniquet.

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Nurse group	Innovative tourniquet (Acusense Nonpneumatic tourniquet)	Using an innovative tourniquet (Acusense Nonpneumatic tourniquet) for the standard of care

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Preventing the forgetting to remove the tourniquet	A three months period	Forgetting to remove the tourniquet is defined as the optimal removing time to delay of one minute.
Enhancing nurses' satisfaction	A three months period	The Likert Scale asks how much a person agrees or disagrees with a particular statement or question. It is usually made up of a 5-point rating scale ranging from 1 and 5 with 10-item.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan; 🇨🇳 Tainan, Taiwan