Minimization of Surgical Site Infections for Pts Undergoing Colorectal Surgery

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Conditions studied: Surgical Wound Infections, Colorectal Surgery

In brief

This is a comparison, at this VA Hospital, of standard operating room management in colorectal surgery to a more rigid management using an additional five previously tested treatments to determine if this changes the rate of post operative wound infections.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00953784

Run by

Dallas VA Medical Center

People needed

197

Starts

2007-04-01

Expected to finish

2010-02-01

Last updated by the study team

2010-06-30

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• Scheduled VA adult elective colorectal surgery patient

You may not qualify if…

• Non VA adults, emergent colorectal surgery, scheduled multiple surgery procedures,pts with other infections being treated

Where it is running

• VA North Texas Health Care System — Dallas, Texas, United States

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