Comparing Skin Disinfectants Before Labour Epidural Analgesia

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2007-10-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Female

Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare the current standard skin disinfectant solution for labour epidurals used at BC Women's Hospital to another common skin disinfectant and to the skin disinfectant solution recommended by the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) prior to placing special intravenous lines. There is very little information available to guide doctors in deciding which is the best skin disinfectant for epidural analgesia. The study hypothesis is that the disinfectant solution recommended by the PHAC will be the most effective.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: University of British Columbia

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Request labour epidural analgesia. Able to understand English. No antibiotics taken in previous 24 hours. Membranes ruptured less than 24 hours. No current local or systemic infection. No contraindication to labour epidural analgesia

Exclusion Criteria: