The Efficacy of Chlorhexidine Gluconate Pre - Disinfection Scrubbing in Preventing Surgical Site Infections for Hepatectomy Patients

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2012-09-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

To test whether pre - disinfection skin scrub with 4% chlorhexidine gluconate is more effective on the reduction of surgical site microbial colonization and subsequent infection than is normal saline.

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Changhua Christian Hospital
• Treatments: Chlorhexidine; Chlorhexidine gluconate; Disinfectants; Ethanol; Povidone; Povidone-Iodine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• patient who received elective hepatectomy for liver tumors

Exclusion Criteria:

• patients who were younger than 18 years of age

• patients who had a history of radiation to the operative sites

• patients who received repeat hepatectomy

• patients who had a history of allergy to CHG, ethyl alcohol or povidone - iodine

• patients whose tumors were metastatic cancers

• patients who had a preoperative active remote infection