NCT01316588

Recolonization Following Preoperative Disinfection Plastic Adhesive Drapes

Recolonization of the Skin Following Pre-operative Disinfection and Impact of the Use of Plastic Adhesive Drapes

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 3
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 140 (actual)
• Sponsor: Örebro University, Sweden · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to measure the time to recolonization intraoperatively after preoperative disinfection with chlorhexidine solution in ethanol and to determine evidence of differential bacterial growth with or without plastic adhesive drape on the chest as well as with or without microbial sealant on the leg.

Detailed description

The purpose of this study is to measure the time to recolonization intraoperative after preoperative disinfection with chlorhexidine solution in ethanol and to determine evidence of differential bacterial growth with or without plastic adhesive drape as well as with or without microbial sealant on the leg. A RCT study of 140 patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) and/or aortic valve replacement (AVR) are included. The investigators test the hypothesis that patients randomized to no plastic adhesive drape intraoperatively will have a reduced recolonisation compared to patients with plastic adhesive drape.

Conditions

• Surgical Wound Infection

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Plastic adesive drape	Plastic adhesive drape intraoperatively on patients skin around the surgical wound on the chest and bare skin on the leg
OTHER	Microbial Sealant	Microbial sealant intraoperatively on patients skin around the surgical wound on the leg and bare skin on the chest

Timeline

• Start date: 2010-08-01
• Primary completion: 2011-10-01
• Completion: 2011-10-01
• First posted: 2011-03-16
• Last updated: 2016-04-19

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Sweden