Efficacy of the Brushless Scrub

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Conditions studied: Focus of Study: Handwashing

In brief

The aim of this research is to examine if the brushless scrub is effective in reducing bioburden on the hands of the operating room (OR) personnel both with a prewash of one minute prior to scrub and without a prewash prior to scrub, and to compare the bioburden reduction between both methods. Hypothesis I: A soap and water prewash used prior to brushless scrub further decreases bioburden than brushless scrub alone. Hypothesis II: Brushless scrub is effective in reducing the bioburden measured just after the application of the brushless scrub within 20 seconds of application for both groups. Exploratory Hypothesis: We will also compare the bioburden measured before and at 1.5 minutes after application of the brushless scrub for both groups.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01583231

Run by

Winthrop University Hospital

People needed

100

Starts

2012-05-01

Expected to finish

2013-04-01

Last updated by the study team

2013-12-19

Who can join

Age: 19 and older, up to 62. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Inclusion will consist of all OR personnel and students who scrub for surgical procedures.

You may not qualify if…

• Exclusion will consist of any OR personnel and students whom do not want to participate in the study or those who have not been part of the the routine and mandatory training of proper surgical hand hygiene which occurs annually.

Where it is running

• Winthrop University Hospital — Mineola, New York, United States

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