Prospective interventional study to improve preanalytic in blood culture specimens of an operative IC

Not Applicable

• Conditions: A41; Other sepsis

• Registration Number: DRKS00022995
• Lead Sponsor: niklinik Köln, Klinik für Anästhesiologie und Operative Intensivmedizin

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2020-09-02
• Study Completion: 2021-09-21
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Complete
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 50

Inclusion Criteria

ALL patients on the ICU with indication to take blood cultures

Exclusion Criteria

those patients in whom (daily) controls need to be taken, the kits should not be used

Study & Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Comparison of specimen quality in intervention group vs. historic controls (false-positives, more than 1 peripheral BC, contaminations)