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NCT Number: NCT05605990

Clinical Application and Validation of Innovative Tourniquet

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.

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Key information

Conditions

Compartment Syndrome of Forearm

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

Tainan, 722, Taiwan

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

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

Treatment and study plan

Innovative tourniquet (Acusense Nonpneumatic tourniquet)

Device

To use this innovative tourniquet before collecting blood samples, and setting IV catheter. We also use this innovative tourniquet to occlude the flow of blood.

Primary outcomes

  1. Preventing the forgetting to remove the tourniquet

    Time frame: A three months period

    Forgetting to remove the tourniquet is defined as the optimal removing time to delay of one minute.

  2. Enhancing nurses' satisfaction

    Time frame: 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.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

National Cheng-Kung University Hospital

Other

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2022
Primary completion
2023
Study completion
2023
First posted
Nov 4, 2022
Registry last updated
Apr 9, 2024

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