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Disposable Versus Reusable DrApes and Gowns for Green OperatiNg Theatres

RecruitingNAAges 10 Years - anyAllUniversity of Birmingham
NCT06164444 on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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What the trial is, and whether it could suit you

Multicentre non-inferiority cluster randomised trial testing Disposable versus Reusable drApes and Gowns for green OperatiNg theatres. A pragmatic 1:1 international multi-centre non-inferiority cluster randomised controlled trial, with an internal pilot. Clusters are individual hospitals.

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📋 Eligibility rules (as published)
Inclusion criteria: * Patients with at least one incision that is ≥5cm in adults and ≥3cm in children aged under 16 years. This can include both open and minimally-invasive surgery providing at least one incision meets this criteria. * Patients with a clean-contaminated, contaminated, or dirty surgical wound. Definitions of contamination are given in Table 2. * Patients undergoing emergency (surgery on an unplanned admission) or elective (surgery on a planned admission) surgery. * Any operative indication (including caesarean section). * Patients aged 10 or over. Exclusion criteria * Adults with an incision \<5 cm and incision \<3cm in children aged under 16 years. * Patients undergoing procedures with a clean surgical wound only.
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What it tests

  • Intervention: Reusable drapes and gowns
  • Comparator: Disposable (single-use) drapes and gowns
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Where

1 site
CMNO
Guadalajara, Mexico
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