Evaluation of a Touchless Vein Scanner for Venepuncture and Cannulation in Pediatric Patients

Venepuncture and Vein Cannulation With Support of the AccuVein AV300 Vein Scanner in Paediatric Patients in a Pre-operation Setting

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01434537

Acronym

VENSCAN

Enrollment

238

Registered

2011-09-15

Start date

2011-01-31

Completion date

2011-07-31

Last updated

2011-09-15

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Conditions

Venepuncture

Keywords

pediatric anesthesia, venepuncture, peripheral venous access

Brief summary

Evaluation of the AccuVein ® AV 300 vein scanner in clinical routine in a pediatric operation room setting for a 4 weeks period. Assessment of usability, anonymous clinical register of every venepuncture(age, gender, size, weight, punction site, number of attempts, time until successful cannulation, local anaesthesia, general anaesthesia, pain scales: faces pain scale und BPS/BPOS).

Detailed description

For application of drugs and liquids a peripheral venous access is necessary in anaesthesiological procedures.The peripheral venepuncture is a painful procedure and induces a higher level of perioperative stress in children. The punction of peripheral veins in children can be made difficult by the often distinctive amount of subcutaneous fat or other medical conditions. The AccuVein ® AV300 vein scanner is a contactless, laser-driven device made for facilitate the search for peripheral veins up to a depth of 7mm. This could lead to a minimization of time until successful puncture and smaller number of failures.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

RETROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

No minimum to 17 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* age from 0 to 17 years * perioperative indication for peripheral venous access * regular work time of the operation room from 7 am to 4 pm

Exclusion criteria

* age more than 17 years * no indication for or already established venous access

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
time until completion of procedure	Day 1	minutes until successful puncture and cannulation of peripheral vein

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
number of attempts until completion of procedure	Day 1	number of attempts until successful puncture and cannulation of peripheral vein

Countries

Germany

Outcome results