Bacterial Contamination on Obstetric Resident Surgical Scrubs

Bacterial Contamination Clinical Trial

Official title:

Bacterial Contamination on Obstetric Resident Surgical Scrubs: a Randomized Trial

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02348866
• Other study ID #: Pro#00041187
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: January 23, 2015
• Last updated: January 13, 2016
• Start date: January 2015
• Est. completion date: January 2016

Study information

• Verified date: January 2016
• Source: Greenville Health System
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Institutional Review Board
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This study will determine if there is a difference in bacterial contamination (CFU/cm2) between obstetric resident surgical scrubs donned at home and those donned at the hospital.

Description:

An area of potential provider-to-patient contamination, and therefore intervention, is in health care worker attire and laundering practices. For providers who work in the operating room or labor & delivery suites, this uniform usually comprises hospital-issued surgical scrubs. To the best of our knowledge, no study has measured the difference in bacterial contamination on surgical scrubs vis-a-vis the two variables most directly affected by hospital policies for surgical attire: site of scrub laundering and site where scrubs were first put on. In addition, no study has measured the prevalence of antibiotic-resistant organisms on surgical scrubs in the obstetric setting. Our primary objective is to measure the difference in bacterial contamination (CFU/cm2) between home-laundered/home-donned scrubs ("home/home," group 1), hospital-laundered/home-donned scrubs ("hospital/home," group 2), home-laundered/hospital-donned scrubs ("home/hospital," group 3), and hospital-laundered/hospital-donned scrubs ("hospital/hospital," group 4) in the obstetric setting. Our secondary objective is to determine the prevalence of antibiotic-resistant organisms on surgical scrubs in the obstetric setting.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 18
• Est. completion date: January 2016
• Est. primary completion date: July 2015
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• ob-gyn residents assigned to labor and delivery during the day on one of seven rotation blocks

Exclusion Criteria:

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Investigator), Primary Purpose: Health Services Research

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Bacterial Contamination

Intervention

Other:
• method of laundering and donning scrubs

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Greenville Health System

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	difference in bacterial contamination between scrubs donned at home and those put on in the hospital, when location of laundering is considered (as determined by (CFU/cm2)	4 days of randomization per subject	4 days	No
Secondary	Prevalence of antibiotic resistant Staphylococcus aureus on surgical scrubs in the obstetric setting	4 days of randomization per subject	4 days	No