None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
Surgical site infections are one of the most common infections that a person may acquire in hospital, and can increase the length of stay and the cost of the surgery by up to 5 times. This is a burden on the person and the community. By preventing infections in surgical sites it is hoped that a person’s health will be better after an operation. With any surgical procedure, the skin at the operation site is routinely cleansed with an antiseptic solution. This skin cleansing solution aims to reduce the number of germs (microorganisms) present on the skin and therefore reduce the chance of the surgical wound becoming infected. It is not known whether one skin antiseptic is better than the other at preventing infection, so the Research Team would like to see if there is a difference between 3 commonly used, approved skin disinfectants. The solutions are used world-wide for disinfecting the skin in surgical procedures.
Interventions
2% Chlorhexidine + 70% alcohol
10% Povidone-iodine + 70% alcohol
10% Aqueous Povidone-iodine
Sponsors
John Hunter Hospital
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Prevention
Masking
Open (masking not used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
All patients undergoing elective or semi-urgent incisional surgery requiring skin preparation, that have provided written informed consent and are aged 18 years and over.
Exclusion criteria
Patients will be excluded if they: -Refuse or are unable to give written informed consent to participate in the study, or -are under 18 years of age, or -have a history of allergy to iodophors -have a current infection at, or adjacent to the operative site -have current evidence of generalised sepsis -screen positive for MRO (Multi Resistant Organism) -unable to attend routine follow-up appointments -previous participation in this study
Outcome results
None listed