Organosilane for Surface Cleaning in Intensive Care Units (ORG-CLEAN)

Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein

Status: Completed

Conditions: Infection, Hospital

Treatments: Other: Surface disinfection with Organosilane

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05673226

52639521.1.1001.0071

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to evaluate if surface disinfection with organosilane associated with traditional cleaning reduces the incidence of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) in intensive care units when compared with traditional cleaning alone.

Enrollment: 10,301 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• All patients aged 18 years and older who will be admitted to the participating ICUs

Exclusion criteria

• Patients under 18 years
• ICUs that may use any organosilane formulation for surface disinfection

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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10,301 participants in 2 patient groups

Surface disinfection with organosilane

Experimental group

Description:

Organosilane will be sprayed on the surfaces, using an atomizer. When the environment has been completely covered (i.e., when all surfaces and equipment have a slightly damp film), we will proceed with the second phase of the disinfection of all heavily touched surfaces. surfaces of the bed, with a microfiber cloth with organosilane.

Treatment:

Other: Surface disinfection with Organosilane

Usual surface disinfection

No Intervention group

Description:

The control group will perform standard cleaning and disinfection of the beds and the environment according to their previous protocols, using the usual products.