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The Volume of Blood Submitted for Culture in Neonates - a Multicentre Quality Improvement Initiative.

NCT04455022 · Status: UNKNOWN · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 600

Last updated 2022-07-05

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Summary

The study will examine if introducing the practice of checking the volume of blood culture samples in neonates by bedside weighing will improve the sensitivity of the test and increase confidence in negative results affecting the rate of extended antibiotic treatment in neonates with negative blood cultures.

Conditions

  • Neonatal Sepsis

Interventions

OTHER

Bedside blood culture bottles weighing combined with educational interventions.

Educational actions will be taken to raise the awareness of importance of collecting adequate volume of blood for culture (posters, leaflets and educational activities). The minimum volume will be defined as at least 1 ml. The paramount role of blood culture in process of ruling out newborn sepsis will be emphasized. The sample volume control by using bedside precision scale will be introduced.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Medical University of Warsaw

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Pawel Krajewski, MD, PhD · Medical University of Warsaw

Eligibility

Max Age
4 Months
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-05-10
Primary Completion
2023-07-01
Completion
2023-07-08

Countries

  • Poland

Study Locations

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