Clinical trials: Equipment Contamination
Personal Protective Equipment, Self Contamination
Self-contamination Following Removal of Two Personal Protective Equipment Suits: a Crossover Trial
Anesthesiologists and other professionals are at high risk of viral infection during aerosol-generating procedures. Knowledge of the protective quality of PPE suits and the risk of self-contamination after removal is paramount.
- Trial name
- NCT04763304
- Testing
- Gown personal protective equipment (PPE-G) suit, Coverall personal protective equipment (PPE-C) suit
- Where
- Argentina
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires
Psychological Well Being
Test-Retest Reliability of the WB6Dim Digital Well-Being Tool: A 3-Day Interval Study
This study aims to establish the test-retest reliability of the WB6Dim digital self-assessment tool across its eight well-being dimensions, using a 3-day interval protocol designed to minimize the probability of genuine…
- Trial name
- WB6Dim-TRT (NCT07433764)
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Clover Link
Wound, Wound Infection
The Use of Biochemical Analyzes to Monitor the Development of Wounds
Chronic wounds represent a growing challenge in medical care. Part 1: The aim of this part of the study was to collect wound swabs and to answer the question whether the rapid diagnostic tool using enzyme activities can display…
- Conditions
- Wound, Wound Infection, Wound Contamination, Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures
- Trial name
- NPWW (NCT04507724)
- Where
- Austria
- Volunteers
- 41 people
- Sponsor
- Qualizyme Diagnostics GmbH & Co KG
Virus Diseases, Hepatitis B
Pilot Safety Study to Determine the Ability of the Protector Cap Jet Injector to Prevent Cross-Contamination
The primary purpose of this study is to determine the ability of the Protector Cap Jet Injector to prevent cross-contamination in the next injection sample.
- Trial name
- NCT00219453
- Testing
- Jet Injector with Protector Cap (HSI-500)
- Volunteers
- 17 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- PATH
Contaminated Medical or Biological Substances
PERSONAL PROTECTION EQUIPMENT AND SARS-CoV-2 CONTAMINATION
Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 occurs through common routes, aerosols and medical procedure. Personal protective equipment (PPE) reduces the risk of contamination.
- Trial name
- NCT05008627
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 49 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bnai Zion Medical Center
Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial, Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde
Prevalence of Multidrug Resistant Micro-organism Carriage in Patients Undergoing an ERCP in Four Different Countries
The duodenoscopes currently used for Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangio - and Pancreaticography (ERCP) examinations are reusable and are therefore washed and disinfected after each use.
- Trial name
- PREVENT (NCT05303662)
- Testing
- Multidrug-Resistant Organisms (MDRO) testing through rectal and oral/nasal swabs, MDRO-testing duodenal aspirate, Microbiome through rectal swab
- Where
- 4 sites in United States, India and 2 more
- Volunteers
- 1,244 people
- Sponsor
- Marco J. Bruno
Gastroscopy, Esophagogastroduodenoscopy
Performance of a Single-use Gastroscope (aScope Gastro) for Esophagogastroduodenoscopy
Several infectious outbreaks have been described in the literature as a result of contaminated endoscopes. These endoscopes cannot be sterilized and require an extensive cleaning process in which breaches of cleaning protocols…
- Conditions
- Gastroscopy, Esophagogastroduodenoscopy, Equipment Design, Equipment Contamination / Prevention & Control
- Trial name
- FARE (NCT05504434)
- Testing
- Single-use gastroscope
- Where
- 2 sites in Netherlands, Norway
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Erasmus Medical Center
Respiratory Insufficiency
RCT of Mesh Versus Jet Nebulizers on Clinical Outcomes During Mechanical Ventilation in the Intensive Care Unit
Aerosol delivery during mechanical ventilation has long been a long debated topic. As evidence-based knowledge about the delivery of aerosol to the lungs of mechanically ventilated patients increases, one piece of the puzzle has…
- Trial name
- NCT02056119
- Testing
- Vibrating Mesh Nebulizer Arm, Jet Nebulizer Arm
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 120 people
- Sponsor
- Rush University Medical Center
Environmental Microbiology, Equipment Contamination
Bacterial Contamination of Anaesthetists' Hands by Personal Mobile Phones Used in the Operating Theatre
The use of mobile phones in the operating room (OR) has become widespread, because of the lack of reports on serious problems. Since mobile phones are used in close body contact and since, as for most non-medical electronic…
- Conditions
- Environmental Microbiology, Equipment Contamination, Personnel, Hospital
- Trial name
- NCT00416936
- Where
- Austria
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Medical University Innsbruck
Minimal Flow Anesthesia, General Anaesthesia
Minimal Flow Anesthesia and Infection Risk
This study is being done to find out if the heat and moisture that build up during minimal flow anesthesia can lead to the growth of germs (microorganisms) inside the anesthesia equipment.
- Conditions
- Minimal Flow Anesthesia, General Anaesthesia, Inhalation Anesthesia, Infection Risk
- Trial name
- NCT07092046
- Testing
- Sevoflurane (Volatile Anesthetic), Propofol 1%, Remifentanil 2 MG
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 140 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ankara City Hospital Bilkent
Personal Protective Equipment
Alternative Doffing Strategies to Prevent Healthcare Worker Self-Contamination When Using Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
Alternative doffing strategies may help prevent self-contamination of staff members when using PPE. The study aims to determine which among the suggested methods in the literature that have been proposed as alternatives to the…
- Trial name
- NCT03192553
- Testing
- Double Gloving Procedure, Intensified Hand Hygiene Procedure, One Step Procedure
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 51 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Virginia Commonwealth University
Hygiene, Equipment Contamination
Does Gloved Medical Personnel Scratch Less Often?
Unconscious touching of a person's own head or neck (for example by scratching) is a frequently observed and completely normal physiological movement pattern in humans, which when done by medical personnel attending a patient…
- Conditions
- Hygiene, Equipment Contamination, Health Education
- Trial name
- NCT00425048
- Testing
- wearing gloves
- Where
- Austria
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Medical University Innsbruck