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Alternative Doffing Strategies to Prevent Healthcare Worker Self-Contamination When Using Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

NCT03192553 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 51

Last updated 2018-03-06

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Alternative doffing strategies may help prevent self-contamination of staff members when using PPE. The study aims to determine which among the suggested methods in the literature that have been proposed as alternatives to the traditional CDC recommended doffing protocol, would be most beneficial to reduce healthcare worker self-contamination.

Conditions

  • Personal Protective Equipment

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Double Gloving Procedure

Participants will doff PPE using a double gloving procedure after coating with Glogerm fluorescent dye +/- staphylococcus epidermidis

BEHAVIORAL

Intensified Hand Hygiene Procedure

Participants will doff PPE using an intensified hand hygiene procedure after coating with Glogerm fluorescent dye +/- staphylococcus epidermidis

BEHAVIORAL

One Step Procedure

Participants will doff PPE using a one-step procedure after coating with Glogerm fluorescent dye +/- staphylococcus epidermidis

BEHAVIORAL

CDC Procedure

Participants will doff PPE using a CDC recommended procedure after coating with Glogerm fluorescent dye +/- staphylococcus epidermidis

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Virginia Commonwealth University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Michelle Doll, MD · Virginia Commonwealth University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
75 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-07-01
Primary Completion
2017-12-29
Completion
2017-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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