• Medicine · Apr 2021

    Randomized Controlled Trial

    Randomized clinical trial of preoperative skin preparation with 2% chlorhexidine versus conventional hair shaving in percutaneous coronary intervention.

    • Hsueh-Ya Tsai, Wen-Chun Liao, Meilin Wang, Kwo-Chang Ueng, Cheng-Yi Huang, and Ying-Chen Tseng.
    • Department of Nursing, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital.
    • Medicine (Baltimore). 2021 Apr 9; 100 (14): e25304e25304.

    BackgroundPreoperative skin preparation is associated with surgical site infection (SSI). Traditional preoperative shaving fails to reduce the risk of SSI. The efficacy of 2% chlorhexidine for preoperative skin preparation in percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is sketchy. The aim of this trial was to evaluate whether preoperative skin preparation performed with chlorhexidine was not inferior to a conventional hair removal method.MethodsSeventy-eight patients undergoing PCI were randomized into 2 groups of 39 patients, receiving either single sterilization with 2% chlorhexidine or hair shaving respectively between July 2016 and October 2016. The primary endpoints were wound infection rate and bacterial counts. Secondary endpoints were rate of SSI and adverse effects of 2% chlorhexidine.ResultsThe results showed that 2% chlorhexidine significantly reduced the colonization of Staphylococcus aureus (P = .032), S epidermidis (P = .000), and miscellaneous bacteria (P = .244) in comparison with hair shaving, respectively. Redness in 24 hours after surgery was observed in 6 patients in the control group (15.4%) and 5 patients (12.8%) in 2% chlorhexidine group. There was no statistically significant difference in SSI rate between 2 skin preparations.ConclusionIn PCI, preoperative skin preparation with 2% chlorhexidine was not inferior to conventional hair shaving in terms of the wound infection rate and SSI rate.Copyright © 2021 the Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc.

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