Pre-surgical Antisepsis Using an Alcoholic Solution of Chlorhexidine Digluconate and Potassium Sorbate ( Sorbectol )

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Trial end date: 2021-06-05
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The present study evaluates the effects of bactericidal load reduction after surgical hand antisepsis using the reference antiseptic product propanol- 1 60% as control versus a surgical hand antisepsis with addition of a solution of alcohol, chlorhexidine digluconate and potassium sorbate in order to test if pass the standard european norm 12791.

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Centro Ortopedico y Quirurgico del Pie
• Treatments: Chlorhexidine; Chlorhexidine gluconate; Propranolol

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Participants with healthy skin in both hands and short fingernails.

• No use of antibacterial agents for at least three days before the intervention.

• Not received antibiotic treatment for at least ten days before the intervention.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Known systemic pathologies

• Wearing hand jewelry on the hands

• Allergy to any ingredient of which the solutions used in the clinical trial are composed

• Cognitive and / or motor limitation that makes it impossible to carry out instructions for hand washing