Bacterial Contamination on Obstetric Resident Surgical Scrubs

Bacterial Contamination on Obstetric Resident Surgical Scrubs: a Randomized Trial

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT02348866

Enrollment

Registered

2015-01-28

Start date

2015-01-31

Completion date

2016-01-31

Last updated

2016-01-14

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Conditions

Bacterial Contamination

Brief summary

This study will determine if there is a difference in bacterial contamination (CFU/cm2) between obstetric resident surgical scrubs donned at home and those donned at the hospital.

Detailed description

An area of potential provider-to-patient contamination, and therefore intervention, is in health care worker attire and laundering practices. For providers who work in the operating room or labor & delivery suites, this uniform usually comprises hospital-issued surgical scrubs. To the best of our knowledge, no study has measured the difference in bacterial contamination on surgical scrubs vis-a-vis the two variables most directly affected by hospital policies for surgical attire: site of scrub laundering and site where scrubs were first put on. In addition, no study has measured the prevalence of antibiotic-resistant organisms on surgical scrubs in the obstetric setting. Our primary objective is to measure the difference in bacterial contamination (CFU/cm2) between home-laundered/home-donned scrubs (home/home, group 1), hospital-laundered/home-donned scrubs (hospital/home, group 2), home-laundered/hospital-donned scrubs (home/hospital, group 3), and hospital-laundered/hospital-donned scrubs (hospital/hospital, group 4) in the obstetric setting. Our secondary objective is to determine the prevalence of antibiotic-resistant organisms on surgical scrubs in the obstetric setting.

Interventions

OTHERmethod of laundering and donning scrubs

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Masking

SINGLE (Investigator)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* ob-gyn residents assigned to labor and delivery during the day on one of seven rotation blocks

Exclusion criteria

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
difference in bacterial contamination between scrubs donned at home and those put on in the hospital, when location of laundering is considered (as determined by (CFU/cm2)	4 days	4 days of randomization per subject

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Prevalence of antibiotic resistant Staphylococcus aureus on surgical scrubs in the obstetric setting	4 days	4 days of randomization per subject

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026