Effectiveness of Routine Sterile Gloving in Blood Culture
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00973063 |
Recruitment Status
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Completed
First Posted
: September 9, 2009
Last Update Posted
: December 4, 2013
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Bacteremia | Behavioral: Routine sterile gloving | Not Applicable |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 1854 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Crossover Assignment |
Masking: | Single (Outcomes Assessor) |
Primary Purpose: | Diagnostic |
Official Title: | Influence of Routine Sterile Gloving on Contamination Rates in Blood Culture |
Study Start Date : | March 2009 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | December 2009 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | December 2009 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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No Intervention: conventional gloving | |
Experimental: routine sterile gloving |
Behavioral: Routine sterile gloving
routinely new sterile gloving just before sampling
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- contamination rate in blood culture [ Time Frame: at the time of identification of organisms ]

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Senior) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
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

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00973063
Korea, Republic of | |
Seoul National University Hospital | |
Seoul, Korea, Republic of, 110-744 |
Principal Investigator: | WAN BEOM PARK, MD | Seoul National University Hospital |
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
Responsible Party: | Wan Beom Park, Associate Professor, Seoul National University Hospital |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00973063 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
0906-029-283 SNUHIMI01 |
First Posted: | September 9, 2009 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | December 4, 2013 |
Last Verified: | December 2013 |
Keywords provided by Wan Beom Park, Seoul National University Hospital:
bacteremia blood culture contamination |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Bacteremia Bacterial Infections Sepsis Infection |
Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome Inflammation Pathologic Processes |