Disposable Versus Reusable DrApes and Gowns for Green OperatiNg Theatres

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Conditions studied: Surgical Site Infection

In brief

Multicentre non-inferiority cluster randomised trial testing Disposable versus Reusable drApes and Gowns for green OperatiNg theatres. A pragmatic 1:1 international multi-centre non-inferiority cluster randomised controlled trial, with an internal pilot. Clusters are individual hospitals.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT06164444

Run by

University of Birmingham

People needed

26800

Starts

2024-11-12

Expected to finish

2026-07-31

Last updated by the study team

2025-02-19

Who can join

Age: 10 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patients with at least one incision that is ≥5cm in adults and ≥3cm in children aged under 16 years. This can include both open and minimally-invasive surgery providing at least one incision meets this criteria.
• Patients with a clean-contaminated, contaminated, or dirty surgical wound. Definitions of contamination are given in Table 2.
• Patients undergoing emergency (surgery on an unplanned admission) or elective (surgery on a planned admission) surgery.
• Any operative indication (including caesarean section).
• Patients aged 10 or over.

You may not qualify if…

• Adults with an incision <5 cm and incision <3cm in children aged under 16 years.
• Patients undergoing procedures with a clean surgical wound only.

Where it is running

• CMNO — Guadalajara, Mexico (enrolling)

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