Reducing Intraoperative ESKAPE Transmission Through Use of a Personal Hand Hygiene System (ESKAPE)
Surgical Wound Infection, Cross Infection
About this trial
This is an interventional prevention trial for Surgical Wound Infection
Eligibility Criteria
Patient Inclusion Criteria:
Patients ≥ 18 years of age having surgery in an adult operating suite at the research center involving the following specialties: orthopedics/spine, orthopedics/total joint, gynecology/oncology, colorectal, open vascular, and open urological, general abdominal, acute care, cardiothoracic, and plastic/breast.
Patient Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients with a known infection at the time of surgery.
- Prisoners
- Pregnant Women
- Patients lacking capacity to consent
- Patients with an allergy to a component of hand hygiene solution, such as ethyl alcohol
- Refusal of consent
Anesthesia Provider Inclusion Criteria:
• Faculty physicians, resident physicians, or certified registered nurse anesthetists that provide care for adults having surgery at the research center.
Anesthesia Provider Exclusion Criteria:
- Refusal of consent
- Open sores of the hands
- Known skin infection
Sites / Locations
- Oregon Health and Science UniversityRecruiting
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
No Intervention
Intervention Arm
Control Arm
Use of SafeHaven hand hygiene system in the operating room
Standard of care hand hygiene