Study of Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter (PICC)-Related Infections in a Tropical Area (Septi-PICC)

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de la Réunion

Status: Completed

Conditions: Infection; Peripheral; Catheterization

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02899546

2014/CHU/Septi-PICC

Details and patient eligibility

About

Septi-PICC study aims at assessing incidence of Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter (PICC)-related infections among patients managed in the University Hospital of La Reunion for PICC setting.

Full description

Septi-PICC is a prospective single-center study of infections related to PICCs setting at the South tertiary site of the University Hospital of La Reunion over one year with a follow-up of 6 months per patient.

All the complications such as thromboembolic, are collected during the follow-up.

It is planned a convenience sample of 400 patients over 18 years of age, except pregnant women.

Enrollment: 283 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• all patients managed for a PICC setting in the tertiary care hospital

Exclusion criteria

• known pregnancy
• minor