Prevention of Surgical Site Infections

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Surgical Wound Infection

In brief

The primary research question is whether interventions to prevent caregiver and system errors will increase the proportion of laparotomy patients who receive recommended measures to prevent surgical site infections.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00353613

Run by

The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

People needed

900

Starts

2007-03-01

Expected to finish

2012-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2013-06-18

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• All patients undergoing laparotomy at either Ben Taub Hospital or Lyndon Baines Johnson Hospital in Houston, Texas

You may not qualify if…

• None

Where it is running

• Lyndon Baines Johnson General Hospital — Houston, Texas, United States
• Ben Taub General Hospital — Houston, Texas, United States

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