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Effects of Open and Closed System Suctioning on Suctioning Frequency and Amount of Secretion

Effects of Open and Closed System Endotracheal Suctioning Methods on Suctioning Frequency and Amount of Secretion

Status
Completed
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT04053751
Enrollment
100
Registered
2019-08-12
Start date
2019-08-01
Completion date
2019-12-20
Last updated
2022-05-27

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Secretion; Excess, Salivation

Keywords

intensive care unit, endotracheal suctioning, open suctioning system, closed suctioning system, nursing

Brief summary

Tracheal suctioning is a process which is often applied to patients' care who have an artificial airway and whose respiration is achieved via mechanical ventilation. When secretions are not cleaned enough, it causes a variety of complications in the patient from hypoxemia to infection. It is reported that the studies with nurses in clinical practice have shown that they have opinions such as the closed system does not suction the patients effectively as the open system does; it remains incapable in removing secretions, thus the suctioning process is being applied more frequently. Therefore this study is designed to examine the amount of secretions and frequency of suctioning as a result of open and closed suctioning systems.

Detailed description

Patients will be monitored for two days. On the first day, the patient will be followed up with an open system and the second day closed suctioning system will be used, or the patient will be followed up with a closed system on the first day and followed with an open system on the second day. The patients are randomly allocated on the first follow up days. The follow-up period has two consecutive days. suctioning will be performed for 12 hours in one day. The number of suctions will be recorded. The amount of secretion will be accumulated in the mucus collection vessel. At the end of the day, the secretion will be weighed with precision weighing.

Interventions

PROCEDUREclosed suctioning system

a randomized allocated patient will be monitored for two days. Closed suctioning system will evaluate as experimental group. open suctioning system will evaluate as control group.

Sponsors

Dokuz Eylul University
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
CROSSOVER
Primary purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE

Intervention model description

Randomized controlled crossover trial. There are two arms. open and closed suctioning systems (OSS vs CSS). the patients are randomized. They are monitorized for two days. If a patient is suctioned via OSS in the first enrolled day, the same patient is suctioned via CSS in the second enrolled day. For CSS, vice versa.

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* orally intubated in first 96 hours * stabilized patients in conditionally * platelets \> 50.000 * not have hemorrhagic secretions

Exclusion criteria

* hemodynamically unstabilized patients

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
frequency of suctioning12 hours of a dayfrequency of suctioning in a half of a day
amount of secretion12 hours of a dayamount of secretion in a half of a day

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
spo212 hours of a daydifferences in spo2 between open and closed suctioning systems
tidal volume12 hours of a daydifferences in tidal volume between open and closed suctioning systems

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 10, 2026