NCT06514131

Water Hygiene Versus Waterless Hygiene Technology for Totally Dependent Hospitalized Patients

Evaluation of the Effectiveness of a Waterless Hygiene Technology for Totally Dependent Hospitalized Patients: A Randomized Controlled Study

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 648 (estimated)
• Sponsor: IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The aim of this randomized controlled trial is to verify whether the efficacy of perineal hygiene procedures performed in dependent patients admitted to medical or geriatric wards with pre-moistened wipes without water is higher than that found after procedures performed with disposable hand grips, soap, and water.

Detailed description

Patients hospitalized in medicine and geriatrics wards will be admitted, both for scheduled and urgent hospitalizations. If the patient meets the study inclusion criteria, we will proceed with the description of the study, the delivery of the information form and the collection of informed consent. Only after signing the consent, the patient can be enrolled in the study. The day following enrollment, the first perineal hygiene in the morning will be performed with pre-moistened wipes without water or with disposable hand grips, soap and water depending on the study group to which the patient has been randomly assigned. In both groups, a skin swab will be performed before and after the hygiene practice, after which the patient will leave the study.

Conditions

• Health Care Associated Infection

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Pre-moistened wipes	Patients receiving the experimental treatment will have perineal hygiene performed with the pre-moistened wipes without water

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-02-20
• Primary completion: 2024-12-20
• Completion: 2024-12-20
• First posted: 2024-07-23
• Last updated: 2024-07-23

Locations

5 sites across 1 country: Italy