Bedside vs. Standard Microbiological Blood Culture Diagnostics - BEMIDIA Study

University Medicine Greifswald

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Sepsis Septic Shock

Treatments: Other: bedside blood culture

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03000049

SD_BK_1_ANI

Details and patient eligibility

About

With a completely bedside blood culture diagnostics system (BACTEC blood culture system in combination with the Accelerate ID/AST System) it is possible to optimize the initial antimicrobial therapy in patients with sepsis and septic shock.

Prospective observational, open-label mono-center study to compare a completely bedside blood culture diagnostics system (BACTEC blood culture system in combination with the Accelerate ID/AST System and Curetis Univero System) with standard blood culture diagnostics in patients with sepsis or septic shock.

Enrollment: 500 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients with a new diagnosed sepsis or septic shock: emergency department, operating theatre, intensive care unit and planed blood culture diagnostics.
• informed written consent

Exclusion criteria

• Pediatric patients (< 18 Years)
• DNR-order