# Can Additional Preoperative Skin Cleaning on Face, Neck and Chest With Chlorhexidine Reduce Cutibacterium Acnes Contamination on Sutures in Arthroscopy Rotator Cuff Repair?

> **NCT04483063** · NA · UNKNOWN · sponsor: **National Cheng-Kung University Hospital** · enrollment: 90 (estimated)

## Conditions studied

- C. Acnes
- Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair

## Interventions

- **DRUG:** 2% chlorhexidine gluconate skin cleanser

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT04483063
- **Lead sponsor:** National Cheng-Kung University Hospital
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** UNKNOWN
- **Start date:** 2020-03-23
- **Primary completion:** 2021-12-31
- **Final completion:** 2022-06-30
- **Target enrollment:** 90 (ESTIMATED)
- **Last updated:** 2020-07-23


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04483063

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT04483063, "Can Additional Preoperative Skin Cleaning on Face, Neck and Chest With Chlorhexidine Reduce Cutibacterium Acnes Contamination on Sutures in Arthroscopy Rotator Cuff Repair?". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-01 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT04483063. Licensed CC0.

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