Risk of Bacterial Exposure to the Anesthesiologist's Face During Intubation and Extubation

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT04673006

Enrollment

Registered

2020-12-17

Start date

2021-01-08

Completion date

2021-06-28

Last updated

2021-10-15

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Conditions

Anesthesiologists Who Perform Endotracheal Intubation and Extubation

Brief summary

The practice of intubation and extubation is not without risks to the anesthesiologists. Especially, the face of health care worker is the body part most commonly contaminated by splashes and sprays of body fluids. The aim of this study is to determine the incidence of unrecognized exposure to the anesthesiologists' face during endotracheal intubation and extubation. We will perform face shield swab before and after the endotracheal intubation and extubation. All swabs will be cultured for 48 hours and the number of colony forming units before and after the procedures (intubation/extubation) will be compared.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

CASE_ONLY

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

20 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* anesthesiologists who perform endotracheal intubation and extubation for patients scheduled for endotracheal intubation for elective surgeries

Exclusion criteria

* none

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Bacterial growth of face shield swab after the endotracheal extubation	Bacterial swab will be performed 5 minutes after the endotracheal extubation (after the confirmation of sufficient spontaneous breathing)	All swab will be cultured for 48 hours and will be reported as no growth or by number of colony forming unit(CFU)s. The number of CFU of post-extubation swab will be compared with that of pre-extubation swab.

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Bacterial growth of face shield swab after the endotracheal intubation	Bacterial swab will be performed 5 minutes after the endotracheal extubation (after the confirmation of adequate mechanical ventilation)	All swab will be cultured for 48 hours and will be reported as no growth or by number of colony forming unit(CFU)s. The number of CFU of post-intubation swab will be compared with that of pre-intubation swab.

Countries

South Korea

Outcome results