Surgical Hand Antisepsis With Propan-ol-1 60% Per Rubbing and Scrubbing

Universidad Complutense de Madrid

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 4

Conditions: Surgical Site Infection; Skin Diseases

Treatments: Drug: Hand antisepsis by scrub

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04446923

RICBEC1-UCM

Details and patient eligibility

About

The present study evaluates the effects of to compare bactericidal efficacy using the reference antiseptic product propan-ol-1 60% using the hand rub method versus hand scrub method in order to test if pass the standard european norm 12791.

Full description

The investigators conducted a crossover clinical trial to evaluate the antiseptic effectiveness of preoperative surgical scrubbing using propan-ol-1 60% by rub and scrub. Samples will be taken from the hands of each volunteer after a surgical hands antiseptic.

Enrollment: 24 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 75 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Participants without systemic pathologies, with healthy skin of the hands and short fingernails.
• They do not use substances with antibacterial action.

Exclusion criteria

• Taken antibiotics before 10 days of the intervention.
• Wear any jewellery on the hands.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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24 participants in 2 patient groups

Hand antisepsis by scrub

Experimental group

Description:

Hand antisepsis by scrub using propan-ol-1 60%

Treatment:

Drug: Hand antisepsis by scrub

Drug: Hand antisepsis by scrub

Hand antisepsis by rub

Active Comparator group

Description:

Hand antisepsis by rub using propan-ol-1 60%

Treatment:

Drug: Hand antisepsis by scrub

Drug: Hand antisepsis by scrub