The Volume of Blood Submitted for Culture in Neonates - a Multicentre Quality Improvement Initiative.

NCT ID: NCT04455022

Last Updated: 2022-07-05

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Total Enrollment

600 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2022-05-10

Study Completion Date

2023-07-08

Brief Summary

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The study will examine if introducing the practice of checking the volume of blood culture samples in neonates by bedside weighing will improve the sensitivity of the test and increase confidence in negative results affecting the rate of extended antibiotic treatment in neonates with negative blood cultures.

Detailed Description

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In the first part of the study (pre-intervention) the actual volumes of blood submitted for culture in neonates from participating neonatal units will be examined for the period of six months. The culture vials will be pre-weighted using precision scale before delivery to the units. After collecting the sample the vials will be weighted again at the time of admission to microbiology laboratory. At the end of the first phase, the results will be revealed to clinical teams and discussed. The sample volume control by using bedside precision scale will be introduced to the participating units along with educational actions to raise the awareness of importance of collecting adequate volume of blood for culture. The minimum volume of blood will be defined as at minimum 1 ml. The paramount role of blood culture in process of ruling out newborn sepsis will be emphasized. In the second phase of the study clinicians in participating centres will have an opportunity of measuring the volume of samples just after collecting. The volumes will also be independently controlled in the microbiology laboratory. The second phase will also last six months. Collected volumes will be compared to results from pre-intervention period. Clinical outcome measured by frequency of antibiotic treatment in newborn patients with negative blood culture will be compared before and after implemented changes. We hypothesize that introducing routine bedside control of the blood volume submitted for culture will result in increase confidence in negative blood culture results and decrease of antibiotic use in newborn population.

Conditions

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Neonatal Sepsis

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

OTHER

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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Any infant who will have a blood culture collected.

During the study period educational actions will be taken to raise the awareness of importance of collecting adequate volume of blood for culture (posters, leaflets and educational activities). The minimum volume will be defined as at least 1 ml. The paramount role of blood culture in process of ruling out newborn sepsis will be emphasized. The sample volume control by using bedside precision scale will be introduced.

Bedside blood culture bottles weighing combined with educational interventions.

Intervention Type OTHER

Educational actions will be taken to raise the awareness of importance of collecting adequate volume of blood for culture (posters, leaflets and educational activities). The minimum volume will be defined as at least 1 ml. The paramount role of blood culture in process of ruling out newborn sepsis will be emphasized. The sample volume control by using bedside precision scale will be introduced.

Interventions

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Bedside blood culture bottles weighing combined with educational interventions.

Educational actions will be taken to raise the awareness of importance of collecting adequate volume of blood for culture (posters, leaflets and educational activities). The minimum volume will be defined as at least 1 ml. The paramount role of blood culture in process of ruling out newborn sepsis will be emphasized. The sample volume control by using bedside precision scale will be introduced.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

\- Any infant in a neonatal ward who has a blood culture collected (either early-onset or late-onset sepsis suspected).
Maximum Eligible Age

4 Months

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Medical University of Warsaw

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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PAWEL KRAJEWSKI, MD

Head of the Division of Neonatology

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Pawel Krajewski, MD, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Medical University of Warsaw

Locations

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Division of Neonatology and Neonatal Intensive Care, 1st Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The Medical University of Warsaw

Warsaw, Warszawa, Poland

Site Status WITHDRAWN

Department of Neonatology, Orlowski Public Teaching Hospital, Centre of Medical Postgraduate Education

Warsaw, , Poland

Site Status RECRUITING

Neonatal Unit, Holy Family Hospital

Warsaw, , Poland

Site Status RECRUITING

Specialistic Hospital 'Inflancka'

Warsaw, , Poland

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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Poland

Central Contacts

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Justyna RomaƄska, MD

Role: CONTACT

225830340 ext. +48

Tomasz Wawrzoniak, MD

Role: CONTACT

225830336 ext. +48

Facility Contacts

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Tomasz Wawrzoniak

Role: primary

Tomasz Wawrzoniak

Role: primary

Tomasz Wawrzoniak

Role: primary

References

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Other Identifiers

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VOB4C TRIAL'20

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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