None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
A quality assurance project to assess the two different methods of connecting blood lines to permcaths for haemodialysis.
Interventions
Patients who need temporary access for haemodialysis have a permcath inserted. When connecting the blood lines to the permcath for haemodialysis treatment 2 different methods can be used:
1. Open procedure:
2. Needleless connector procedure:
This is a quality assurance project evaluating two methods of needleless connections for haemodialysis.
Each procedure will be used for one month, then cross-over to the other method (A washout period is not possible as a patient needs constant treatment so
Patients who need temporary access for haemodialysis have a permcath inserted. When connecting the blood lines to the permcath for haemodialysis treatment 2 different methods can be used: 1. Open procedure: 2. Needleless connector procedure: This is a quality assurance project evaluating two methods of needleless connections for haemodialysis. Each procedure will be used for one month, then cross-over to the other method (A washout period is not possible as a patient needs constant treatment so connection by one or other method will always be required). 1. Open procedure: set up of a sterile field to connect the blood lines to the permcath. 2. Needleless procedure: use a a device called a BD Q-Syte to connect the blood lines to the permcath.
Sponsors
Eastern Health Integrated Renal Service
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Crossover
Primary purpose
Treatment
Masking
Open (masking not used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
Patient has a permcath in situ being used for haemodialysis (or other renal treatment such as plasmaphoresis)
Exclusion criteria
Inability to give informed consent. Patient has a current, active infection. Permcath not expected to be in situ for longer than 1 month.
Outcome results
None listed