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Increasing the Yield of Blood Cultures in Neonates

NCT01023555 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 1500

Last updated 2011-07-26

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether the use of a single blood sample of 1cc in an aerobic bottle will provide a better yield and time to positivity than 2 samples of 0.5 cc in 2 (aerobic and anaerobic) bottles for blood cultures in neonates.

Conditions

  • Bacteremia

Interventions

OTHER

1cc of blood in a single aerobic culture bottle

The efficacy of using 1cc of blood in a single aerobic bottle for cultures in neonatal bacteremia will will be compared with the traditional 0.5cc of blood in 2 Bottles

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Shaare Zedek Medical Center

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-01-31
Primary Completion
2010-07-31
Completion
2010-07-31

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