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Efficacy of the Brushless Scrub

NCT01583231 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 100

Last updated 2013-12-19

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Summary

The aim of this research is to examine if the brushless scrub is effective in reducing bioburden on the hands of the operating room (OR) personnel both with a prewash of one minute prior to scrub and without a prewash prior to scrub, and to compare the bioburden reduction between both methods.

Hypothesis I: A soap and water prewash used prior to brushless scrub further decreases bioburden than brushless scrub alone.

Hypothesis II: Brushless scrub is effective in reducing the bioburden measured just after the application of the brushless scrub within 20 seconds of application for both groups.

Exploratory Hypothesis: We will also compare the bioburden measured before and at 1.5 minutes after application of the brushless scrub for both groups.

Conditions

  • Focus of Study: Handwashing

Interventions

OTHER

Prewash

The intervention will be the addition of the prewash utilizing non-antimicrobial soap and water.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Winthrop University Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Theresa Criscitelli, MS, RN, CNOR · Winthrop University Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
19 Years
Max Age
62 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-05-31
Primary Completion
2013-04-30
Completion
2013-04-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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