The use of Cloth with antiseptic before surgery to prevent Surgical Site Infectio

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Surgical Wound Infection; Health Promotion; C01.539.947.692; Preoperative Period; E04.614.937; N02.370

• Registration Number: RBR-8httxs
• Lead Sponsor: Escola de Enfermagem da Universidade de São Paulo - EEUSP

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2018-03-08
• Last Update Posted: 29 May 2023

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruitment completed
• Sex: Not specified
• Target Recruitment: Not specified

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

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

Study & Design

• Study Type: Intervention
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
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 Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Secondary outcomes are not expected