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NCT Number: NCT02077816

Using a Infrared Thermometer to the Early Detection of Catheter Related Infections

This is a pilot study which aims to show the temperatures measured on body surface with an infrared thermometer on inpatients who need a central venous catheter (CVC) for medical care. Because the local temperature could be altered, at least during local infectious processes, seems to be reasonable to think that this approach could be helpful to its early diagnosis.

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Key information

Conditions

Infection Catheter-Related Infections Infections

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Clinical Hospital of Ribeirao Preto

Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, 14091210, Brazil

About this study

By convenience sampling, it was expected that during 4 months, a minimum of 30 inpatients of the metabolic, clinical or intensive care wards, at the Clinical Hospital of Ribeirão Preto Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil, would have their data collected

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Need of a central venous catheter for medical care.
  • Be an inpatient of the metabolic, clinical or intensive care wards

Exclusion criteria

  • Be in treatment course of a catheter related infection.

Treatment and study plan

Primary outcomes

  1. Body temperature measured with a non-contact infrared thermometer.

    Time frame: 15 minutes after bath, mobilization or warm or cold compresses

    It was used a non-contact forehead infrared thermometer, model IR200® (Extech, USA). Fifteen minutes after bath, mobilization or warm or cold compresses, 3 measurements were obtained at the following sites: 1) close to CVC insertion, 2) at the equivalent contralateral site of CVC and 3) at the forehead. The variables values will be displayed in form of descriptive statistics (mean, standard deviation, standard error, proportions of the observations, confidence intervals) according to: sex, central venous catheter type (guide wire or port-a-cath), location of insertion, reason of the central venous catheter indication (like parenteral nutrition or antibiotics), number of catheter lumens and age. Also, the mean differences between the three locations measured will be presented.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Sao Paulo

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Using Non-contact Infrared Thermometry to Detection of Central Venous Catheter Related Infection.

Important dates

Study start
2011
Primary completion
2011
Study completion
2011
First posted
Mar 4, 2014
Registry last updated
Mar 4, 2014

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