Surgical Wound Infection
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention group: 23 patients (women) who used the cloth antiseptic with 2% CHG the night before surgery and the morning of surgery for the preoperative preparation of the skin.
Control group: 22
Other
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C01.539.248
Sponsors
Escola de Enfermagem da Universidade de São Paulo - EEUSP
Hospital de Clínicas da Universidade Federal do Paraná - HC/UFPR
Eligibility
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients with 18 years old or more; literate; submetted elective surgeries potentially contaminated; admitted on the same day of the surgical procedure or at most with three days of hospitalization prior to surgery; absence of infectious or inflammatory process; to use correctly cloths antisseptic 2% CHG and 2% CHG conventional (liquid)
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patients submitted to previous surgeries, in a period bottom the 30 days, or 90 days when implant of prosthesis; presence of skin lesions or known allergy to 2% CHG; make used daily of products containing antiseptics (creams and / or liquid soaps or bar soaps containing chlorhexidine gluconate, triclosan or similar) in their daily activity; use of antibiotics or similar drugs two weeks before and during the period of data collection
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Difference between the use of cloth antiseptic with CHG 2% and the bath with CHG 2% conventional / liquid for the preoperative preparation of the skin, for the prevention of surgical site infection. Data collected the day before surgery, and 30 days after the intervention. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Secondary outcomes are not expected | — |
Countries
Brazil
Contacts
Public ContactFernanda Andrade
Escola de Enfermagem da Universidade de São Paulo - EEUSP
Outcome results
None listed