Air Quality Check in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Unit

Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal Clinical Trial

Official title:

Air Quality Check in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Unit Using Air Quality Monitoring Sensors

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03724565
• Other study ID #: bangairquality
• Status: Completed
• Start date: June 17, 2018
• Est. completion date: July 17, 2019

Study information

• Verified date: May 2020
• Source: Chuncheon Sacred Heart Hospital
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

Air pollution sources in indoor area are one of the main factors for reducing indoor air quality of locations. A gastrointestinal endoscopy unit consists of the following area: procedural, recovery areas, and area for a disinfection and cleaning for equipment. This area is frequently exposed to the gastrointestinal gas expelled from patients and gas from electrocoagulated tissue through carbonation or electrocoagulation of neoplasms. This can be potential harmful component for respiratory health not only to medical practitioners but also to the patients who undergo endoscopic examinations. However, there has been scare data for the air quality check in the endoscopic unit.

Description:

Air pollution sources in indoor area are one of the main factors for reducing indoor air quality of locations. A gastrointestinal endoscopy unit consists of the following area: procedural, recovery areas, and area for a disinfection and cleaning for equipment. This area is frequently exposed to the gastrointestinal gas expelled from patients and gas from electrocoagulated tissue through carbonation or electrocoagulation of neoplasms (procedure of endoscopic submucosal dissection, endoscopic mucosal resection, etc). This can be potential harmful component for respiratory health not only to medical practitioners but also to the patients who undergo endoscopic examinations. However, there has been scare data for the air quality check in the endoscopic unit. The aim of this study is to check the air quality using conventional portable passive air quality monitoring sensors in gastrointestinal endoscopy unit.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 4320
• Est. completion date: July 17, 2019
• Est. primary completion date: November 17, 2018
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• This study will check the only air quality in endoscopic unit of Hallym University Chuncheon Sacred Heart hospital of Korea, not a patients.

Exclusion Criteria:

• This study will check the only air quality in endoscopic unit of Hallym University Chuncheon Sacred Heart hospital of Korea, not a patients.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal

Intervention

Procedure:
• Method of endoscopic procedure
Air quality according to the method of endoscopic procedure will be checked (for example, upper diagnostic endoscopy, colonoscopy, endoscopic submucosal dissection, endoscopic mucosal resection, etc)

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Korea, Republic of	Chuncheon Sacred Heart hospital	Chuncheon	Gangwon-do

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Chuncheon Sacred Heart Hospital

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Korea, Republic of, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	atmospheric Carbon dioxide (CO2)	CO2 ppb level in the area of endoscopic unit	up to 1 week
Primary	atmospheric total volatile organic compound (TVOC)	TVOC ppb level in the area of endoscopic unit	up to 1 week
Primary	atmospheric particulate matter that have a diameter of less than 2.5 micrometer (PM2.5)	PM2.5 ug/m3 level in the area of endoscopic unit	up to 1 week
Primary	atmospheric nitrogen dioxide (NO2)	NO2 ppb level in the area of endoscopic unit	up to 1 week
Primary	atmospheric carbon mono-oxide (CO)	CO ppb level in the area of endoscopic unit	up to 1 week
Primary	atmospheric ozone	ozone ppb level in the area of endoscopic unit	up to 1 week
Secondary	atmospheric temperature	atmospheric temperature in the area of endoscopic unit	up to 1 week
Secondary	atmospheric humidity	atmospheric humidity in the area of endoscopic unit	up to 1 week
Secondary	atmospheric pressure	atmospheric pressure in the area of endoscopic unit	up to 1 week