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Effect of alcohol skin cleansing on vaccination-associated infections and local skin reactions: a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Recommendations regarding the need to use alcohol prior to vaccine injections are inconsistent and based on low-level evidence. The objective was to assess the effectiveness of alcohol in reducing local skin reactions and infection post-vaccination.

Methods

Randomized controlled trial in a pediatric clinic. A research assistant cleansed the skin with alcohol at (swab group) or adjacent to (control group) the pre-defined injection site(s). Clinicians, parents and children were blinded to group allocation. Parents reported local skin reactions using paper diaries for 15 days post-vaccination (Day 0-14). Telephone interviews were conducted Day 1, 5, and 14. The Brighton Collaboration criteria were used to diagnose cellulitis and infectious abscess Day 5 and afterward.

Results

170 children participated (May-November 2017). Baseline characteristics did not differ (p > 0.05) between groups. Children received 1-4 separate injections. There were no differences between swab and control groups in the incidence of any local skin reactions (58% vs. 54%), and specifically, pain (45% vs. 40%), redness (26% vs. 21%), swelling (20% vs. 13%), warmth (19% vs. 27%), and spontaneous drainage of pus (0% in both groups) over the post-vaccination follow-up period. Day 5 data was available for 99% of participants from diaries and telephone surveys; there were no cases of cellulitis or infectious abscess.

Conclusion

These findings are the first direct evidence for vaccine injections demonstrating that cleansing the skin with alcohol may not be needed. Our study is underpowered; however, to detect a difference in incidence of skin infection, future research is recommended.

SUBMITTER: Wong H

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6605859 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Effect of alcohol skin cleansing on vaccination-associated infections and local skin reactions: a randomized controlled trial.

Wong Horace H Moss Corinne C Moss Steven M SM Shah Vibhuti V Halperin Scott A SA Ito Shinya S Mithal Priyanjali P Qu Angie A Taddio Anna A

Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics 20190116 4

<h4>Objectives</h4>Recommendations regarding the need to use alcohol prior to vaccine injections are inconsistent and based on low-level evidence. The objective was to assess the effectiveness of alcohol in reducing local skin reactions and infection post-vaccination.<h4>Methods</h4>Randomized controlled trial in a pediatric clinic. A research assistant cleansed the skin with alcohol at (swab group) or adjacent to (control group) the pre-defined injection site(s). Clinicians, parents and childre ...[more]

PMID: 30513266

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Effect of alcohol skin cleansing on vaccination-associated infections and local skin reactions: a randomized controlled trial.

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Effect of alcohol skin cleansing on vaccination-associated infections and local skin reactions: a randomized controlled trial.

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