Clinical trial NCT02077816: Using a Infrared Thermometer to the Early Detection of Catheter Related Infections
Official title: Using Non-contact Infrared Thermometry to Detection of Central Venous Catheter Related Infection.
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Infection
Keywords: body temperature
Thermometry
Infrared Rays
catheter related infection
Lead sponsor: University of Sao Paulo
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2014-03-04
Enrollment: 39
Sex: ALL
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Time perspective: PROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Inpatient of the metabolic, clinical or intensive care wards with a CVC for medical care.

Brief summary: 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.

Detailed description: 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

Eligibility criteria: 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.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Body temperature measured with a non-contact infrared thermometer.
timeFrame: 15 minutes after bath, mobilization or warm or cold compresses
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Ribeirão Preto
country: Brazil
facility: Clinical Hospital of Ribeirao Preto
state: Sao Paulo
Study officials:
affiliation: Ribeirão Preto Medical School. São Paulo University (USP)
name: Júlio S Marchini, Ph.D
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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