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Effectiveness of Alcohol Swabs for Preventing Infections During Vaccination

NCT03131843 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 170

Last updated 2017-05-02

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Alcohol is used to disinfect the skin prior to injections in order to prevent infections caused by bacteria on the skin being injected within tissue. At present, however, clinical trials do not demonstrate a clinical impact of using or not using alcohol swabs on infections and infection symptoms calling into question the practice of using it prior to all injections. These studies are methodologically flawed, and do not specifically examine vaccine injections. The present study is being undertaken to provide some preliminary data for the risk of infection and infection symptoms when alcohol swabs are not used to perform vaccine injections.

Conditions

  • Skin Infection

Interventions

DRUG

Alcohol

Alcohol cleansing swab/wipe

DRUG

No alcohol

No alcohol will be used; alcohol cleansing swab/wipe will be used at a different injection site

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Toronto

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Anna Taddio, PhD · University of Toronto

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
2 Months
Max Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-05-01
Primary Completion
2018-12-31
Completion
2018-12-31

Countries

  • Canada

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