Effectiveness of Routine Sterile Gloving in Blood Culture

Seoul National University Hospital1,854 enrolled

Overview

The purpose of this study is to determine whether routine sterile gloving can lower contamination rates in blood culture.

Because contamination during sampling for blood culture may interfere in interpreting the results of blood culture, lowering the contamination rates in blood culture is very important. According to current guideline, routine sterile gloving is not recommended. We hypothesized that routine sterile gloving can lower contamination rates in blood culture.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

DIAGNOSTIC

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

1,854

Conditions

Bacteremia

Interventions

Routine sterile glovingBEHAVIORAL

routinely new sterile gloving just before sampling

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * The patients in whom Blood culture is medically needed Exclusion Criteria: * Blood sample is obtained through central venous catheter or arterial line * No consent to this study

Locations (1)

Seoul National University Hospital

Seoul, South Korea

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

contamination rate in blood culture

Time frame: at the time of identification of organisms

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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