Chlorhexidine Drying Time

University of British Columbia

Status: Completed

Conditions: Drying Time

Treatments: Drug: Chlorhexidine gluconate

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02095535

H14-00623

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Enrollment: 20 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 19 to 40 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Pregnant
• At full term
• Due to have a cesarean section under spinal or epidural anesthesia
• 19 to 40 years of age

Exclusion criteria

• Allergy to certain antiseptic solutions
• Not suitable for a spinal/epidural anesthetic
• Have a significant amount of hair on lower back

Trial design

20 participants in 1 patient group

Study group

Description:

All study participants

Treatment:

Drug: Chlorhexidine gluconate