Effectiveness of Routine Sterile Gloving in Blood Culture

Influence of Routine Sterile Gloving on Contamination Rates in Blood Culture

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00973063

Enrollment

1854

Registered

2009-09-09

Start date

2009-03-31

Completion date

2009-12-31

Last updated

2013-12-04

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Conditions

Bacteremia

Keywords

bacteremia, blood culture, contamination

Brief summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether routine sterile gloving can lower contamination rates in blood culture.

Detailed description

Because contamination during sampling for blood culture may interfere in interpreting the results of blood culture, lowering the contamination rates in blood culture is very important. According to current guideline, routine sterile gloving is not recommended. We hypothesized that routine sterile gloving can lower contamination rates in blood culture.

Interventions

BEHAVIORALRoutine sterile gloving

routinely new sterile gloving just before sampling

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

CROSSOVER

Primary purpose

DIAGNOSTIC

Masking

SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

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

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
contamination rate in blood culture	at the time of identification of organisms

Countries

South Korea

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Mar 29, 2026