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Status unknownNCT04913740Updated Jun 4, 2021

Nursing Study of Skin Lesions Related to Health Care Protection in Novel Nursing Study of Skin Lesions Related to Health Care Protection in Novel Coronavirus Epidemic

An interventional study of Ointment and dressing for external use in Associated Skin Lesions, sponsored by Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University. Status unknown at 1 site in China. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2021-06-04.

Sponsored by Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University · Not applicable, Interventional, and Diagnostic

The sponsor has not verified this record recently (last verified Jun 2021), so the status shown — last known as Active, not recruiting — may be out of date.
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
170
Allocation
Randomized
Sex
All
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Study summary

In the fight against the epidemic, medical personnel need to wear protective equipment, such as N95 mask, face screen, goggles, latex gloves, waterproof isolation clothing, and have special requirements. Protection-related skin lesions after the use of protective equipment will affect the health and comfort of medical workers. In this study, a retrospective study was conducted on the front-line medical workers in the fight against COVID-19 using questionnaires, so as to understand the incidence, location and clinical manifestations of skin lesions caused by the use of protective equipment by medical workers. And analyze the causes of these skin damage, so as to develop the corresponding prevention and treatment countermeasures, select 170 cases that meet the research conditions, a randomized controlled experiment, divided into control group and experimental group: the control group is on the basis of three-level protection, did not use any preventive measures of health care workers. In the experimental group, skin related prevention was carried out on the basis of three-level protection. The specific interventions are as follows :(1) Focus on protecting exposed skin and making it locally dry. (2) Do a good job of facial moisturizing before work (at least 1 hour before wearing the mask), use moisturizing ointment, longer lasting and non-irritating cream or emulsion, such as vitamin E cream, Vaseline, avoid direct contact with the skin of the mask, choose the appropriate type of protective device; Reduce friction by sticking foam paste, hydrocolloid accessories, ampute and so on on good hair parts. However, it should be noted that it must be confirmed that the airtightness is good, and the primary purpose of the medical staff is to ensure the protective effect. (4) After work, avoid using irritant (such as hot water, exfoliating cream, etc.) to clean the face, and massage local skin with skin moisturizer; (5) In case of severe skin damage, treat as prescribed by the doctor; (6) After finishing the front-line work, "Questionnaire Star" was used to collect data, and all data were input into the statistical software for analysis to compare the index differences between the two groups.

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Conditions studied

  • Associated Skin Lesions
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In context

Lead sponsor

Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University is the lead sponsor of 1,058 studies on the registry; 511 are open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
Child (0–17), Adult (18–64), Older adult (65+)
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

  1. Job post: fever clinic, COVID-19 throat swab sampling site, isolation ward
  2. Health care workers who have worked for 30 days or more
  3. The continuous working time of tertiary protection shall be more than or equal to 4 hours
  4. Signed the informed consent and volunteered to participate in the study.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Existing long-term skin damage
  2. The skin damage related to protection is too heavy to be studied
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Diagnostic
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
Quadruple (Participant, Care provider, Investigator, Outcomes assessor)
Enrollment
170 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • No intervention
    Control group

    health care workers who did not use any preventive measures on the basis of tertiary protection

  • Experimental
    Experimental group

    On the basis of three-level protection, skin correlation prevention is carried out: 1. pay attention to the protection of exposed skin, so that it is local dry. 2. Do a good job of facial moisturizing work before workuse moisturizing ointment, more durable and non-irritating cream or emulsion, such as vitamin E cream, petroleum jelly, to do a good job of moisturizing work. 3. Use appropriate dressing to avoid direct contact between the mask and the skin, and select the appropriate type of protective device; Reduce friction by applying foam patches, hydrocolloidal dressings, and empleters to the hair area. However, it should be noted that it must be confirmed that airtightness is good and that the protective effect is still the primary purpose of the medical staff. 4. After work, avoid using irritantsto clean the face, and massage local skin with skin moisturizer; (5) If severe skin damage occurs, treat it as prescribed by the doctor

    Other: Ointment and dressing for external use

Interventions

  • OtherOintment and dressing for external use

    1. pay attention to the protection of exposed skin, so that it is local dry. 2. Do a good job of facial moisturizing work before work use moisturizing ointment, more durable and non-irritating cream or emulsion, such as vitamin E cream, petroleum jelly, to do a good job of moisturizing work. 3. Use appropriate dressing to avoid direct contact between the mask and the skin, and select the appropriate type of protective device; Reduce friction by applying foam patches, hydrocolloidal dressings, and empleters to the hair area. However, it should be noted that it must be confirmed that airtightness is good and that the protective effect is still the primary purpose of the medical staff. 4. After work, avoid using irritants to clean the face, and massage local skin with skin moisturizer; (5) If severe skin damage occurs, treat it as prescribed by the doctor

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Incidence of skin damage caused by the use of protective equipment by health care workers

    Time frame: 1year

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Study locations

1 site
  • Dressing
    Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jun 4, 2021, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT04913740
Lead sponsor
Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Jun 4, 2021
Start date
Jun 1, 2021
Primary completion
Sep 1, 2021 (estimated)
Completion
Jan 1, 2022 (estimated)
Last update
Jun 4, 2021

Study contacts

ZeXing Chen
study chair · supervision

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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