Device to Reduce Surgery Site Contamination

Completed · Not applicable · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Surgery

In brief

The objective of this study is to determine whether the Air Barrier System device reduces airborne particulate and airborne colony forming units present at a surgery site.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00972153

Run by

Nimbic Systems, LLC

People needed

29

Starts

2009-05-01

Expected to finish

2009-09-01

Last updated by the study team

2012-03-16

Who can join

Age: any. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Candidate for primary total hip arthroplasty

You may not qualify if…

• Prior history of infection
• Revision arthroplasty
• Screens positive for MRSA
• Undergoing hemiarthroplasty or resurfacing

Where it is running

• Texas Orthopedic Hospital — Houston, Texas, United States

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