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NCT Number: NCT04673006

Risk of Bacterial Exposure to the Anesthesiologist's Face During Intubation and Extubation

The practice of intubation and extubation is not without risks to the anesthesiologists. Especially, the face of health care worker is the body part most commonly contaminated by splashes and sprays of body fluids. The aim of this study is to determine the incidence of unrecognized exposure to the anesthesiologists' face during endotracheal intubation and extubation. We will perform face shield swab before and after the endotracheal intubation and extubation. All swabs will be cultured for 48 hours and the number of colony forming units before and after the procedures (intubation/extubation) will be compared.

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Key information

Conditions

Anesthesiologists Who Perform Endotracheal Intubation and Extubation

Age range

20 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine Yonsei University College of Medicine

Seoul, South Korea

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • anesthesiologists who perform endotracheal intubation and extubation for patients scheduled for endotracheal intubation for elective surgeries

Exclusion criteria

  • none

Treatment and study plan

Primary outcomes

  1. Bacterial growth of face shield swab after the endotracheal extubation

    Time frame: Bacterial swab will be performed 5 minutes after the endotracheal extubation (after the confirmation of sufficient spontaneous breathing)

    All swab will be cultured for 48 hours and will be reported as no growth or by number of colony forming unit(CFU)s. The number of CFU of post-extubation swab will be compared with that of pre-extubation swab.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Bacterial growth of face shield swab after the endotracheal intubation

    Time frame: Bacterial swab will be performed 5 minutes after the endotracheal extubation (after the confirmation of adequate mechanical ventilation)

    All swab will be cultured for 48 hours and will be reported as no growth or by number of colony forming unit(CFU)s. The number of CFU of post-intubation swab will be compared with that of pre-intubation swab.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Yonsei University

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Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2021
Primary completion
2021
Study completion
2021
First posted
Dec 17, 2020
Registry last updated
Oct 15, 2021

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