Bronchoalveolar lavage using single use bronchoscopes in HVs

• Research type

  Research Study

• Full title

  A Study to Assess Bronchoalveolar Lavage (BAL) for Research in Healthy Volunteers Using Single- Use Flexible Intubation Bronchoscopes

• IRAS ID

  166959

• Contact name

  Andrea Collins

• Contact email

  Andrea.collins@lstmed.ac.uk

• Sponsor organisation

  Research, Development and Innovation Department

• Duration of Study in the UK

  0 years, 4 months, 11 days

• Research summary

  Fibre-optic bronchoscopy with bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) using manual hand held suction enables the removal of non-adherent cells and lung lining fluid from the mucosal surface.
  Single-use flexible intubation bronchoscopes are used throughout UK NHS trusts. They are predominantly used in the intensive care and anaesthetic (theatre) setting for both emergency and elective airway intubation. The flexible fibre optic bronchoscope with a sterile, single-use disposable-sheath endoscope system has the potential to be more cost-effective and whilst also reducinge the risk, however negligible, of cross-infection. Eliminating the need for high-level decontamination disinfection processing between procedures reduces maintenance (equipment and staff) costs and scope downtime, making it provides the flexibility to be more suited for research BAL in healthy volunteers.

• REC name

  North West - Liverpool Central Research Ethics Committee

• REC reference

  15/NW/0019

• Date of REC Opinion

  26 Jan 2015

• REC opinion

  Further Information Favourable Opinion