Clinical trials: Ventricular Drain Related Infection
Ventricular Drain Related Infection, Nosocomial Infection
Novel Diagnostic Methods to Identify External Ventricular Drain Associated Infections
External ventricular drain infections are difficult to identify with current diagnostic methods. Initiation of antibiotic treatment is usually supported by indirect methods of bacterial infection, such as clinical signs or…
- Conditions
- Ventricular Drain Related Infection, Nosocomial Infection, Infection, Bacterial, Ventriculitis, Infectious
- Trial name
- EVD Infect II (NCT05904535)
- Testing
- Cerbrospinal fluid sampling.
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Karolinska University Hospital
Catheter Related Infections
Quality Control: A Prospective Analysis of EVD Effectiveness
The purpose and/or hypothesis: To decrease the amount of external ventricular drain (EVD) related catheter infections by comparing the efficacy of Oklahoma University Medicine standard EVD catheters, both impregnated and…
- Trial name
- NCT02484287
- Testing
- The Integra External Drainage Catheter., The Ventriclear EVD Antibiotic Catheter, The Codman Bactiseal EVD Catheter Set
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- University of Oklahoma