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NCT Number: NCT02294604

The Antiseptic Outcome of Traditional Hand Scrubbing Versus Hand Rubbing in Surgical Room

Hand hygiene is the cornerstone of aseptic techniques to reduce surgical site infection. The traditional surgical antisepsis involves scrubbing the skin with povidone-iodine or chlorhexidine gluconate. Recently, a waterless surgical hand rub formulation containing 61% ethyl alcochol, 1% chlorhexidine and moisturizers was developed to provide a comparable antiseptic effect. The investigators perform a randomized controlled trial to compare the antiseptic effectiveness of the waterless hand rubbing, the classic surgical handwashing with povidone-iodine and chlorhexidine solutions.

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Key information

Conditions

Hand Disinfection

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

About this study

This single centre, randomized trial recruited surgical team members in Taipei Medical University-Shuang Ho Hospital at November 2014. 255 episodes of hand washing are enrolled. The participants are assigned equally to use either a waterless hand rub (Group R), or traditional scrub formation with 10 % povidone-iodine (Group I) and 4% chlorhexidine (Group C). Hand washing time, microorganisms on hands before and after scrubbing is recorded. The primary outcome is the colonies grown on bacterial culture plates and expressed as colony-forming units (CFU) on plates after hand washing. The secondary outcomes is hand microbial flora after surgery and duration of hand washing.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Surgical staff members, both surgeons and scrub nurses

Exclusion criteria

  • Participants were excluded if they were medical or nursing students
  • Allergy to the experimental materials

Treatment and study plan

ethyl alcochol, chlorhexidine and moisturizers

Device

Other names: Avagard

Chlorhexidine

Device

Povidone-Iodine

Device

Primary outcomes

  1. Microorganisms on Hands Before Scrubbing

    Time frame: 2 days after sampling

    The primary outcome is the colonies grown on bacterial culture plates and expressed as colony-forming units (CFU) on plates

Secondary outcomes

  1. Microorganisms on Hands After Scrubbing

    Time frame: 2 days after sampling

    The secondary outcomes is the colonies grown on bacterial culture plates and expressed as colony-forming units (CFU) on plates

  2. Microorganisms on Hands After Surgery

    Time frame: 2 days after sampling

    The secondary outcomes is the colonies grown on bacterial culture plate

  3. Duration of Hand Washing

    Time frame: Immediately

    The secondary outcome is the duration of hand washing

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Taipei Medical University Shuang Ho Hospital

Other

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2015
Primary completion
2015
Study completion
2015
First posted
Nov 19, 2014
Registry last updated
Mar 13, 2017

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