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NCT Number: NCT03813693

The Use of 2% Chlorhexidine Gluconate Impregnated Cloth Bathing in Preoperative Skin Preparation

To compare the use of towels impregnated with 2% chlorhexidine gluconate in the traditional preoperative bath with 2% chlorhexidine gluconate in preventing the occurrence of surgical site infection among patients undergoing potentially contaminated elective surgery.

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Key information

Conditions

Surgical Site Infection Infections Pathologic Processes Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Postoperative Complications Surgical Wound Infection Wound Infection

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Fernanda de Oliveira Andrade

Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil

About this study

This is a pilot randomized controlled clinical trial, composed of patients submitted to potentially contaminated elective surgeries, randomly assigned to an intervention group, consisting of those who used towels impregnated with pre-operative CHG 2% and control group, composed of by the pre-operative bath with 2% conventional / liquid CHG. Both used the products the night before and the morning of surgery and received verbal and written guidance.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

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

Inclusion criteria

  • 18 years of age or over
  • literate
  • undergoing potentially contaminated elective surgeries
  • admitted on the day before the surgical treatment or in the triple three-day hospital stay prior to surgery, without an infectious or otherwise infected process
  • correctly follow the instructions for the use of towels impregnated with chlorhexidine gluconate 2%
  • follow the instructions for the use of chlorhexidine gluconate 2%

Exclusion criteria

  • submitted to previous surgeries, in a period of less than thirty days, or ninety days in the case of a prosthesis implant
  • present skin lesions or known allergy to chlorhexidine gluconate 2%
  • patients submitted to videolaparoscopic surgeries and vaginal surgeries
  • patients who had daily use of products containing antiseptics (creams and / or liquid or bar soaps containing CHG, triclosan or similar) in their daily activity; or who had used antibiotics or similar drugs two weeks before and during the period of data collection.

Treatment and study plan

towels impregnated with 2% chlorhexidine gluconate

Other

The first TICHG should be used on the neck, chest and abdomen; The second TICHG should be used on the right upper limb, start at the shoulder; The third TICHG was intended for the upper left limb; The fourth TICHG should be used on the neck and chest; The fifth TICHG was for the right lower limb; The sixth TICHG should be used on the lower left limb.

  • Time of application: use six TICHGs the night before surgery and the six remaining on the morning of surgery.
  • After the hygiene of each member, discard the TICHG. After use of TICHG, allow the product to dry on the skin. Do not use bath towels to dry yourself and wear clean clothes.

chlorhexidine gluconate 2% liquid

Other

Spread the product on the skin during the bath and massage for 3 minutes, so that it is distributed equally to all parts of the body (except the face, hair and intimate area). Then rinse with water and dry with a clean, dry towel, and wear clean clothes.

Primary outcomes

  1. Prevention of surgical site infection - Criteria: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2018

    Time frame: 1 month (30 days)

    In order to investigate the potential cases of SSI, the researcher personally followed the patients in the preoperative period, in the POI and at the time of hospital discharge, using a data collection instrument. In order to evaluate the occurrence of SSI after hospital discharge, the researcher used the following strategies: a review of the chart associated with patient follow-up during outpatient return when possible, which would occur on average on the 35th postoperative day; telephone contact from the 30th day until the 40th postoperative day (PO), using a post-discharge surveillance instrument. Continuous and discrete quantitative variables were evaluated using the Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney test.

    Qualitative (categorical) variables were evaluated using the Pearson X² test. The Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney test was used for qualitative (categorical) variables, whose distribution was different from normal.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Sao Paulo

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Surgical Site Infection and the Use of 2% Chlorhexidine Gluconate Impregnated Cloth Bathing in Preoperative Skin Preparation: a Pilot Randomized Clinical Trial.

Important dates

Study start
2017
Primary completion
2018
Study completion
2018
First posted
Jan 23, 2019
Registry last updated
Jan 23, 2019

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