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

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

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).

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Venepuncture

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.

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 238

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Germany
  • Berlin, Germany, 13353
    • Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Campus Virchow-Klinikum and Campus Charité Mitte, Charité - Universitaetsmedizin Berlin

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: No older than 17 years (Child)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

All patients from 0 to 17 years in a peripoerative setting in the pediatric operation room with need for peripheral venous access.

Description

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

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Number of groups / cohorts

2

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort
SCAN; Venepuncture performed with support of the AccuVein 300 vein scanner.
NO_SCAN; Venepuncture without support of the vein scanner.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

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

Secondary Outcome Measures

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

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Charite University, Berlin, Germany

Publications and helpful links

General Publications

• Rothbart A, Yu P, Muller-Lobeck L, Spies CD, Wernecke KD, Nachtigall I. Peripheral intravenous cannulation with support of infrared laser vein viewing system in a pre-operation setting in pediatric patients. BMC Res Notes. 2015 Sep 21;8:463. doi: 10.1186/s13104-015-1431-2.

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: January 1, 2011
• Primary Completion (Actual): March 1, 2011
• Study Completion (Actual): July 1, 2011

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: July 29, 2011
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 14, 2011
• First Posted (Estimate): September 15, 2011

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimate): September 15, 2011
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 14, 2011
• Last Verified: September 1, 2011

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: peripheral venous access; pediatric anesthesia; venepuncture
• Other Study ID Numbers: VENSCAN