Evaluation of a Diagnostic Device for Detection of Nasal Staphylococcus Aureus

Completed

Conditions studied: Staphylococcus Aureus

In brief

To establish the clinical test performance characteristics of sensitivity, specificity and predictive values for direct detection of nasal Staphylococcus aureus colonization against clinical microbiology laboratory culture methods.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00406549

Run by

Solventum US LLC

People needed

2000

Starts

2006-12-01

Expected to finish

2007-03-01

Last updated by the study team

2024-10-02

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• Subjects 18 years of age or older, male or female and from any race or culture.
• Subjects who are ambulatory (able to walk unaided or with a cane, walker, wheelchair) on the day of their pre-operative visit for non-emergent surgery.

You may not qualify if…

• Subjects who are on the nasal topical antibiotic Mupirocin (Bactroban® Nasal Ointment) within the last 4 weeks.
• Subjects who are present at the preoperative visit with prescribed nasal medical devices (e.g. CPAP = Continuous Positive Airway Pressure or Nasal Cannula), nasal prosthetics, the wearing of nasal jewelry or trauma to the nose or anything that may inhibit sampling of the anterior nares.

Where it is running

• Hope Research Institute — Phoenix, Arizona, United States
• Cedars-Sinai Medical Center — Los Angeles, California, United States
• Atlanta Institute for Medical Research — Decatur, Georgia, United States
• Northwestern Univesity — Chicago, Illinois, United States
• University of Iowa — Iowa City, Iowa, United States
• Johns Hopkins University — Baltimore, Maryland, United States
• Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center — Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States
• Cleveland Clinic Foundation — Cleveland, Ohio, United States
• Hospital Bichat — Paris, France
• University of Muenster Hospital and Clinics — Münster, Germany
• Amphia Hospital — Breda, Netherlands

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