Venous catheters are necessary for the treatment of many patients. Showering with a venous catheter is often prohibited due to the infection risk when the insertion site becomes wet. Therefore these patients are challenged to keep the catheter insertion site dry and always covered with a dressing. Washing themselves is often impossible without assistance of a nurse or significant other. For patients with a catheter connected to an infusion line, it is even more difficult. Showerpatch is a newly developed dressing that safeguards the insertion site of an IV catheter from water during bathing activities. The purpose of this trial is to evaluate the impact of the availability of Showerpatch by comparing the outcomes in patients regarding the patient's autonomy in bathing activities, the material use and the time needed from caregivers in home care. Additionally qualitative data on patient's bathing activities and the use of Showerpatch will be collected.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
18
Shower patch will be available for the patient for bathing activities
No Shower patch will be provided during study period
University Hospitals Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
Self-reported autonomy score regarding bathing activities
autonomy regarding bathing activities will be scored on a newly developed autonomy scale on a weekly basis
Time frame: Weekly until catheter removal which is expected on an average after 2 weeks or up to 8 weeks
Number and type of bathing activities
Number and type of bathing activities per week
Time frame: Weekly reported, until catheter removal which is expected on an average after 2 weeks or up to 8 weeks
Catheter dressing status: wet
Expressed on a 3-point scale from 0 which means not wet to 2 totally wet
Time frame: Before and after bathing activities, reported until catheter removal which is expected on an average after 2 weeks or up to 8 weeks
Catheter dressing status: loose
Expressed on a 3-point scale from 0 which means not loose to 2 totally loose
Time frame: Before and after bathing activities, reported until catheter removal which is expected on an average after 2 weeks or up to 8 weeks
Time needed from a caregiver
Time expressed in minutes per week
Time frame: Weekly reported, until catheter removal which is expected on an average after 2 weeks or up to 8 weeks
Material consumption regarding IV entry site care for bathing activities
Description of material which was used for catheter dressing protection and/or for the extra dressing change and/or extra securement of the dressing afterwards.
Time frame: Weekly reported, until catheter removal which is expected on an average after 2 weeks or up to 8 weeks
Clinical signs of local infection
Redness, tenderness, warmth, swelling or pus leakage recorded on a yes/no basis
Time frame: Before and after bathing activities, reported until catheter removal which is expected on an average after 2 weeks or up to 8 weeks
Laboratory-Confirmed Bloodstream Infection
Collected at the end of the study by retrospective analysis of the patient file in case of hospital admission
Time frame: Until catheter removal which is expected on an average after 2 weeks or up to 8 weeks
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