Comparison Study on Hair Apposition Technique Performed Between Nurses and Doctors in Emergency Department.

Scalp Laceration Clinical Trial

Official title:

A Single-blinded Comparative Study on Hair Apposition Technique Performed Between Nurses and Doctors in Emergency Department.(HAT2 Study)

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00353769
• Other study ID #: DCR/P15/2003
• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 3
• First received: July 17, 2006
• Last updated: February 9, 2017
• Start date: November 2002
• Est. completion date: February 2005

Study information

• Verified date: February 2017
• Source: Singapore General Hospital
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare the effectiveness, complications and benefits of Hair Apposition Technique(HAT)performed by nurses or doctors.

Description:

Hair Apposition Technique (HAT) is a relatively new technique for treating certain scalp lacerations. It has been shown to be equally acceptable as compared to the standard toilet and suture. This procedure has been the technique of choice for suitable scalp lacerations in Department of Emergency Medicine, Singapore General Hospital (DEM, SGH) and Emergency Medicine Department, National University Hospital (EMD, NUH).

Currently HAT is being performed by doctors in the respective hospitals. Nurses, on the other hand, are routinely using tissue adhesives for minor wound closure. However, nurses in Kandang Kerbau Women and Children Hospital (KKWCH) have been routinely using HAT for 1 year now. Studies had been also been done by nurses in treating of minor wounds using various tissue adhesives as well as hair knotting technique.The trend of nurses handling minor wounds with tissue adhesives, hair knotting technique as well as HAT suggested the possibility of nurses performing HAT to a degree as competent as a doctor.

This study aims to compare the effectiveness, complications and benefits HAT performed between nurses and doctors in the Emergency Department.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 360
• Est. completion date: February 2005
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• All age group

• Linear lacerations of scalp

• Lacerations less than 10cm in length

• Hair at least 3cm in length

Exclusion Criteria:

• Severely contaminated wounds

• Actively bleeding wounds

• Patients with unstable vital signs or altered mental state

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Emergencies
• Lacerations
• Scalp Laceration

Intervention

Procedure:
• Hair Apposition Technique

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Singapore	Singapore General Hospital	Singapore

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Singapore General Hospital

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Singapore, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Presence of any complications, namely infection, scarring, bleeding, wound breakdown and allergy
Primary	Satisfactory wound healing
Secondary	Duration of procedure
Secondary	Pain perception