NCT03980652

Cheetah - Sterile Glove and Clean Instrument Change at the Time of Wound Closure to Reduce Surgical Site Infection

Cheetah - a Cluster Randomized Trial of Sterile Glove and Clean Instrument Change at the Time of Wound Closure to Reduce Surgical Site Infection (SSI). A Trial in Low and Middle Income Countries (LMICs) and A Trial in High Income Countries (HICs)

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 12,800 (estimated)
• Sponsor: University of Birmingham · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

To assess whether the practice of using separate sterile gloves and instruments to close wounds at the end of surgery compared to current routine hospital practice can reduce surgical site infection

Detailed description

Internal Pilot The aim of the 12-month internal pilot is to assess: 1. whether hospitals adhere to their allocation 2. what proportion of patients who are eligible for ChEETAh can be followed up successfully at 30 days after their surgery Main Study To assess whether the practice of using separate sterile gloves and instruments to close wounds at the end of surgery compared to current routine hospital practice can reduce surgical site infection at 30-days post-surgery for patients undergoing clean-contaminated, contaminated or dirty abdominal surgery

Conditions

• Surgical Site Infection

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Change of gloves and sterile instruments	Change of gloves and use of separate , sterile instruments before closing the abdominal wall

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-05-01
• Primary completion: 2021-06-01
• Completion: 2021-12-01
• First posted: 2019-06-10
• Last updated: 2020-04-24