Pre-surgical Antisepsis of Hands After Washing With Triclosan 0.5% Compared to Propan-1-ol 60%

Phase 4 Completed 24 enrolled Centro Ortopedico y Quirurgico del Pie

RandomizedCrossoverSingle-blindTreatment

Summary

The present study evaluates the effects of bactericidal load reduction after surgical hand scrub antisepsis using the reference antiseptic product propanol- 1 60% as control versus a surgical hand scrub antisepsis with triclosan 0.5% in order to test if pass the standard european norm 12791.

Timeline

Start: 2020-10-01
Primary completion: 2020-10-20
Completion: 2020-10-30

Publications

Sante L, Gomez-Lus ML, Martin-Villa C, Becerro-de-Bengoa-Vallejo R, Alou L, Sevillano D. Effect on the reduction of bacterial load after surgical hand antisepsis with triclosan 0.5% compared to triclosan 0.5% followed by 70% alcoholic solution. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2023 Mar;44(3):517-519. doi: 10.1017/ice.2021.506. Epub 2021 Dec 22.

Drugs

Evaluation	Drug	Modality	Dose	Route
Comparator	PROPANOL	Small molecule	60 %	Topical
Subject	Triclosan	Small molecule	0.5 %	Topical

Indications

No indication recorded.