Blood Test Order and Culture Contamination

NCT ID: NCT03966534

Last Updated: 2019-05-29

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

970 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2018-09-01

Study Completion Date

2019-02-28

Brief Summary

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A randomized partially controlled study to examine the effect of blood diversion into a heparin lithium tube on the incidence of blood culture contamination.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Blood Culture Contamination

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Prospective partially blinded randomized study
Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Investigators

Study Groups

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Control Group

Blood culture obtained as first test after venipuncture and prior to biochemistry test

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Diversion Group

Biochemistry test obtained as first test after venepuncture and prior to blood culture

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Blood diversion

Intervention Type OTHER

Diversion of initial blood obtained at venipuncture to biochemistry tube in order to try and reduce incidence of blood culture contamination

Interventions

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Blood diversion

Diversion of initial blood obtained at venipuncture to biochemistry tube in order to try and reduce incidence of blood culture contamination

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Age \> 18
* Presence in Emergency Room during extended office hours (0800-2000 on weekdays(
* Clinical requirement for Blood culture and biochemistry tests from venepuncture

Exclusion Criteria

* None
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Shaare Zedek Medical Center

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Locations

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Shaare Zedek Medical Center

Jerusalem, , Israel

Site Status

Countries

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Israel

References

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Zimmerman FS, Karameh H, Ben-Chetrit E, Zalut T, Assous M, Levin PD. Modification of Blood Test Draw Order to Reduce Blood Culture Contamination: A Randomized Clinical Trial. Clin Infect Dis. 2020 Aug 22;71(5):1215-1220. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciz971.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 31570942 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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0177-18-SZMC

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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