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Near Infrared Light in Paediatric Blood Drawing Centre

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IRCCS Burlo Garofolo

Status

Completed

Conditions

Blood Drawing Procedure

Treatments

Device: VeinViewer®
Procedure: Usual care

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT03277092
RC 22/17

Details and patient eligibility

About

Reaching a peripheral venous access or making a blood sample in a scared infant or toddler can be challenging even for experienced nurses o pediatricians. Up to 60% of children report pain and distress during venipuncture and multiple attempts can result in more difficult physical and emotional conditions for subsequent insertions so that the procedure should be performed with the less number of punctures as possible. In about one third of children, more than one attempt is required to achieve peripheral intravenous cannulation. In the last years, specific tools have been developed to enhance the success in venipuncture or incannulation. Near-infrared (NIR) technology consists on light-emitting diodes placed underneath the hand, that makes vessels visible by projecting the processed image in a green light directly on to the puncture site. According to previous studies, NIR had shown a trend in reduction of time employed for a blood sample, in children younger of 6 yr.

The aim of this trial is to investigate if the use of the VeinViewer® in a pediatric blood drawing center could decrease time spent to perform the procedure and improve the rate of first attempt success.

Enrollment

115 patients

Sex

All

Ages

Under 18 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • subjects accessing the outpatient blood-drawing service

Exclusion criteria

  • application of topical anaesthetic cream

Trial design

Primary purpose

Treatment

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Parallel Assignment

Masking

None (Open label)

115 participants in 2 patient groups

VeinViewer® group
Experimental group
Description:
Use of near infrared light to perform blood draw (VeinViewer®)
Treatment:
Device: VeinViewer®
Usual care group
Active Comparator group
Description:
Blood drawing performed traditionally
Treatment:
Procedure: Usual care

Trial contacts and locations

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