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NCT Number: NCT01434537

Evaluation of a Touchless Vein Scanner for Venepuncture and Cannulation in Pediatric Patients

Evaluation of the AccuVein ® AV 300 vein scanner in clinical routine in a pediatric operation room setting for a 4 weeks period. Assessment of usability, anonymous clinical register of every venepuncture(age, gender, size, weight, punction site, number of attempts, time until successful cannulation, local anaesthesia, general anaesthesia, pain scales: faces pain scale und BPS/BPOS).

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Key information

Conditions

Venepuncture

Age range

Up to 17 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Campus Virchow-Klinikum and Campus Charité Mitte, Charité - Universitaetsmedizin Berlin

Berlin, State of Berlin, 13353, Germany

About this study

For application of drugs and liquids a peripheral venous access is necessary in anaesthesiological procedures.The peripheral venepuncture is a painful procedure and induces a higher level of perioperative stress in children.

The punction of peripheral veins in children can be made difficult by the often distinctive amount of subcutaneous fat or other medical conditions.

The AccuVein ® AV300 vein scanner is a contactless, laser-driven device made for facilitate the search for peripheral veins up to a depth of 7mm. This could lead to a minimization of time until successful puncture and smaller number of failures.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • age from 0 to 17 years
  • perioperative indication for peripheral venous access
  • regular work time of the operation room from 7 am to 4 pm

Exclusion criteria

  • age more than 17 years
  • no indication for or already established venous access

Treatment and study plan

Primary outcomes

  1. time until completion of procedure

    Time frame: Day 1

    minutes until successful puncture and cannulation of peripheral vein

Secondary outcomes

  1. number of attempts until completion of procedure

    Time frame: Day 1

    number of attempts until successful puncture and cannulation of peripheral vein

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Charite University, Berlin, Germany

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Venepuncture and Vein Cannulation With Support of the AccuVein AV300 Vein Scanner in Paediatric Patients in a Pre-operation Setting

Acronym: VENSCAN

Important dates

Study start
2011
Primary completion
2011
Study completion
2011
First posted
Sep 15, 2011
Registry last updated
Sep 15, 2011

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