NCT03859375

Number of Necessary Paints of Preoperative Skin Disinfection to Prevent Surgical Site Infections

Number of Necessary Paints of Preoperative Skin Disinfection to Prevent Surgical Site Infections; PAINTS Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 239 (actual)
• Sponsor: University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This observational study investigates whether 3 paints are superior compared to 2 paints in reducing microbial skin counts in the disinfection area of cardiac and abdominal surgery patients.

Detailed description

Surgical site infection (SSI) remain the most common nosocomial infection in surgical departments. Preparation of the skin with disinfectants belongs to the standard of care prior to any surgical intervention but disinfection practices are heterogeneous across different hospitals and countries. Although the efficacy and effectiveness of preoperative surgical site preparation is dependent on both the antiseptic agent used and the application method, it is unclear how many paints of an antiseptic are needed to ensure adequate infection protection. An adequately powered study including different standard antiseptic agents (i.e. chlorhexidine in alcohol (CHX) and povidone iodine in alcohol (PI)) is therefore required to compare the protective effect of different numbers of paints.

Conditions

• Surgical Site Infection

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	microbial skin counts in the disinfection area after paints of skin disinfectants	microbial skin counts in the disinfection area after 2 and 3 paints of skin disinfectants (chlorhexidine in alcohol \[CHX\] and povidone iodine in alcohol \[PI\])

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-01-29
• Primary completion: 2019-10-01
• Completion: 2019-10-08
• First posted: 2019-03-01
• Last updated: 2020-07-01

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Switzerland