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Chlorhexidine Drying Time

NCT02095535 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 20

Last updated 2017-08-07

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Summary

Before a patient gets a spinal/epidural, their lower back is cleaned with an antiseptic solution diluted in alcohol called ChloraPrep. ChloraPrep must completely dry before starting the anesthetic procedure. It is not known how much time is needed for the solution to completely dry. The investigators aim to determine this.

As the ChloraPrep dries, the alcohol is converted into vapour. The investigators will be using a PPBRae 3000 device to detect small amounts of vapours in the air. As the ChloraPrep dries it gives off less and less vapour. The investigators will use this diminishing vapour concentration to determine when drying is complete.

Conditions

  • Drying Time

Interventions

DRUG

Chlorhexidine gluconate

antiseptic

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of British Columbia

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Vit Gunka, MD FRCPC · University of British Columbia

Eligibility

Min Age
19 Years
Max Age
40 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-04-30
Primary Completion
2014-06-30
Completion
2014-06-30

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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