Hub Cleansing to Prevent Hub Infection

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Conditions studied: Bacteremia

In brief

Central venous catheter infections are common preventable adverse events among hospital patients. Microbes may enter catheter hubs, also known as needleless connectors, and result in downstream contamination. This study aims to compare alcohol disinfection of catheter hubs to disinfection with chlorhexidine gluconate in alcohol, which has been proven to be a superior disinfectant at the site of central venous catheter insertion. Scrub duration of central venous catheter hubs will also be evaluated.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01563406

Run by

Rush University Medical Center

People needed

149

Starts

2012-03-01

Expected to finish

2013-06-01

Last updated by the study team

2016-04-18

Who can join

Age: 16 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Medical intensive care unit patients with non-tunneled central venous catheters

You may not qualify if…

• Dialysis catheters
• Antibiotic-impregnated catheters
• Introducer sheaths
• Tunneled catheters

Where it is running

• Rush University Medical Center — Chicago, Illinois, United States

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