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Evaluation of an Internal Hospital Practice: The Effect of Altered Test Tubes Sampling Order on Blood Culture Contamination Rates

NCT03088865 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 756

Last updated 2020-07-29

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Summary

Implementation of the initial specimen diversion technique, in which the first milliliter of the venipuncture sample is not injected into the culture bottle, led to a significant reduction in blood culture contamination rates. This technique is based on the assumption that the skin plug aspirated during venipuncture is a major source of contaminating bacteria. One such diversion method is aspirating the first blood volume into a blood collection tube. It has, however, been suggested that regular blood collection tubes carry contaminants from the tube's stopper into the blood cultures drawn afterwards, thereby increasing contamination rates. The aim of this trial is to examine the effect of aspirating the first blood volume into a regular blood collection tube on blood culture contamination rate.

Conditions

  • Septicemia

Interventions

DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

aspirating first blood volume into a regular blood collection tube

order of blood drawing

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Hadassah Medical Organization

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-09-01
Primary Completion
2018-09-06
Completion
2018-09-06

Countries

  • Israel

Study Locations

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