Bacterial Contamination on Obstetric Resident Surgical Scrubs

Bacterial Contamination on Obstetric Resident Surgical Scrubs: a Randomized Trial

This study will determine if there is a difference in bacterial contamination (CFU/cm2) between obstetric resident surgical scrubs donned at home and those donned at the hospital.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Bacterial Contamination
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: method of laundering and donning scrubs

Detailed Description

An area of potential provider-to-patient contamination, and therefore intervention, is in health care worker attire and laundering practices. For providers who work in the operating room or labor & delivery suites, this uniform usually comprises hospital-issued surgical scrubs. To the best of our knowledge, no study has measured the difference in bacterial contamination on surgical scrubs vis-a-vis the two variables most directly affected by hospital policies for surgical attire: site of scrub laundering and site where scrubs were first put on. In addition, no study has measured the prevalence of antibiotic-resistant organisms on surgical scrubs in the obstetric setting. Our primary objective is to measure the difference in bacterial contamination (CFU/cm2) between home-laundered/home-donned scrubs ("home/home," group 1), hospital-laundered/home-donned scrubs ("hospital/home," group 2), home-laundered/hospital-donned scrubs ("home/hospital," group 3), and hospital-laundered/hospital-donned scrubs ("hospital/hospital," group 4) in the obstetric setting. Our secondary objective is to determine the prevalence of antibiotic-resistant organisms on surgical scrubs in the obstetric setting.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 18
• Phase: Not Applicable

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Child; Adult; Older Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• ob-gyn residents assigned to labor and delivery during the day on one of seven rotation blocks

Exclusion Criteria:

-

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Single

Number of Arms

4

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Active Comparator: Group 1; home laundered/home-donned	Other: method of laundering and donning scrubs
Active Comparator: Group 2; Hospital laundered/home-donned	Other: method of laundering and donning scrubs
Active Comparator: Group 3; Home laundered/hospital donned	Other: method of laundering and donning scrubs
Active Comparator: Group 4; Hospital laundered/hospital donned	Other: method of laundering and donning scrubs

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
difference in bacterial contamination between scrubs donned at home and those put on in the hospital, when location of laundering is considered (as determined by (CFU/cm2)	4 days of randomization per subject	4 days

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Prevalence of antibiotic resistant Staphylococcus aureus on surgical scrubs in the obstetric setting	4 days of randomization per subject	4 days

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Prisma Health-Upstate
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Kacey Y Eichelberger, MD, Prisma Health-Upstate

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: January 1, 2015
• Primary Completion (Actual): July 1, 2015
• Study Completion (Actual): January 1, 2016

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: January 23, 2015
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: January 27, 2015
• First Posted (Estimate): January 28, 2015

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimate): January 14, 2016
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: January 13, 2016
• Last Verified: January 1, 2016

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: Pro#00041187