NCT01594580

Contamination of Hospital Scrubs

A Novel Agent to Decrease Contamination of Hospital Scrubs

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 111 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Maryland, Baltimore · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study will test if nurses wearing scrubs treated with an antimicrobial agent while performing patient care will: \- Decrease the amount of bacterial contamination on scrubs at the end of a typical hospital shift during routine use after home laundering This study will gather information by obtaining swabs from scrubs treated with an antimicrobial and from non-treated scrubs.

Detailed description

The outcome of interest is the contamination of scrubs with Staphylococcus aureus, Enterococcus species or Gram-negative bacteria as determined by surface swabs of healthcare worker scrubs after a full 8-hour shift. The outcomes will be analyzed both individually and collectively. Contamination will be defined as: \- A swab that is determined to be positive for any Staphylococcus aureus, Enterococcus species, or Gram-negative bacteria after a hospital shift.

Conditions

• Bacterial Contamination

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Antimicrobial impregnated scrubs	Scrubs are impregnated with an antimicrobial product
OTHER	Non-impregnated scrubs

Timeline

• Start date: 2012-04-01
• Primary completion: 2012-12-01
• Completion: 2012-12-01
• First posted: 2012-05-09
• Last updated: 2023-07-21