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Contamination of Hospital Scrubs

NCT01594580 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 111

Last updated 2023-07-21

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Summary

This study will test if nurses wearing scrubs treated with an antimicrobial agent while performing patient care will:

\- Decrease the amount of bacterial contamination on scrubs at the end of a typical hospital shift during routine use after home laundering

This study will gather information by obtaining swabs from scrubs treated with an antimicrobial and from non-treated scrubs.

Conditions

  • Bacterial Contamination

Interventions

OTHER

Antimicrobial impregnated scrubs

Scrubs are impregnated with an antimicrobial product

OTHER

Non-impregnated scrubs

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Maryland, Baltimore

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • J Kristie Johnson, PhD · University of Maryland, Baltimore

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-04-30
Primary Completion
2012-12-31
Completion
2012-12-31

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