Disposable Versus Reusable DrApes and Gowns for Green OperatiNg Theatres
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- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Intervention: Reusable drapes and gowns, Comparator: Disposable (single-use) drapes and gowns.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Surgical Site Infection. Basic parameters: from 10 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Mexico
- Next step
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Official title
Multicentre Non-inferiority Cluster Randomised Trial Testing Disposable Versus Reusable DrApes and Gowns for Green OperatiNg Theatres
Overview
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.
Detailed description
Background: The World Health Organisation makes no recommendation for the use of disposable or reusable surgical drapes and gowns due to a lack of effectiveness evidence. Since disposable versions are likely to have higher financial and carbon costs, they are only justifiable if they can be proven to significantly reduce surgical site infections (SSIs).
Aim: This randomised controlled trial will assess whether reusable surgical drapes and gowns are non-inferior in reducing SSI compared to disposable drapes and gowns in patients undergoing surgery.
Design: Pragmatic 1:1 international multi-centre non-inferiority cluster randomised controlled trial, with an internal pilot. Clusters are individual hospitals.
Intervention: Reusable surgical drapes and gowns.
Comparator: Disposable (single-use) surgical drapes and gowns.
Sample size: The control group SSI event rate is estimated to be 12.5% based on previous literature. To determine whether reusable drapes and gowns are non-inferior to disposable drapes and gowns with a non-inferiority margin of 2.5% would require a total of 26,800 participants from 134 clusters, with an average of 200 participants per cluster, assuming 90% power, 2.5% one-sided alpha, intraclass correlation of 0.01 and 5% participant loss to follow up.
Interventions
- Other Intervention: Reusable drapes and gowns
Reusable drapes and gowns used during surgery. - Other Comparator: Disposable (single-use) drapes and gowns
Disposable drapes and gowns used during surgery.
Primary outcome measures
- Surgical site infection (SSI) [Time frame: Within 30 days of surgery]
Secondary outcome measures (7)
- Mortality (and likely cause) [Time frame: Within 30 days of surgery]
- Unplanned wound opening [Time frame: Within 30 days of surgery]
- Antibiotic prescribing for SSI [Time frame: Within 30 days of surgery]
- Reattendance at emergency department [Time frame: Within 30 days of surgery]
- Readmission to hospital [Time frame: Within 30 days of surgery]
- Reoperation for SSI [Time frame: Within 30 days of surgery]
- Total length of hospital stay [Time frame: Within 30 days of surgery]
Eligibility criteria
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.
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Single blind
- Primary purpose
- Other
Study locations
Mexico · 1 center
- CMNO — Guadalajara
Identifiers
NCT: NCT06164444 · RG_22-181 - Q1085