Surgical Prep in Hand Surgery

University of Pittsburgh

Status: Completed

Conditions: Disinfection; Surgical Scrubbing

Treatments: Other: Skin culture

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01676051

PRO12080340

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purposes of this study are to identify the common bacterial flora on the hand and evaluate the efficacy of readily available skin-preparation solutions in the elimination of bacterial pathogens from the surgical site following skin preparation. The null hypothesis is that there is no difference in the efficacy of Chloraprep, Duraprep, and betadine in pre-operative skin preparation in clean, elective hand surgery cases.

Enrollment: 240 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 89 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• the following procedures (carpal tunnel release, trigger finger release, cyst excision, 1st dorsal compartment release)

Exclusion criteria

• prisoners
• pregnant women

Trial design

240 participants in 3 patient groups

Chloraprep

Treatment:

Other: Skin culture

Duraprep

Treatment:

Other: Skin culture

Betadine only

Treatment:

Other: Skin culture