Table 1

Inclusion and exclusion criteria for the CASCADE Junior trials

Inclusion criteriaExclusion criteria
  • Patients <18 years of age

  • Will remain admitted to the Royal Children's Hospital or Lady Cilento Children's Hospital for >24 hours

  • Informed consent to participate

  • All other intravascular device types (eg, totally implanted CVADs, peripheral intravascular devices)

  • Current bloodstream infection

  • Non-English speakers without an interpreter

  • CVADs inserted through diseased burned, scarred or extremely diaphroetic skin

  • Known allergy to any study product

  • Current skin tear/‘papery’ skin at high risk of tear

  • Previous enrolment in the CASCADE Junior studies within this hospital admission

PICC-CASCADE Junior
  •  PICC to be inserted and will remain in situ for >24 hours

nt-CASCADE Junior
  •  nt-CVAD to be inserted and will remain in situ for >24 hours

t-CASCADE Junior
  •  t-CVAD to be inserted and will remain in situ for >24 hours

  • CASCADE, Central venous Access device SeCurement And Dressing Effectiveness; CVAD, central venous access device; nt, non-tunnelled; PICC, peripherally inserted central catheter; t, tunnelled.