Impact of Pre-surgical Nasal Bacterial Reduction on Postoperative Surgical Site Infections / Standard Care Change

Stopped early

Conditions studied: Surgical Site Infection

In brief

Patients presenting in the Emergency Department or admitted to the hospital with displaced hip fractures who require hemiarthroplasty or open reduction internal fixation or with spinal instability/fractures in need of urgent surgical intervention will receive treatment to reduce the number of microorganisms in their nose prior to surgery. After surgery, the subjects will be observed for any surgical site infections.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01148030

Run by

3M

People needed

333

Starts

2010-06-01

Expected to finish

2012-07-01

Last updated by the study team

2014-03-03

Who can join

Age: 2 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patients presenting in the Emergency Department or admitted to the hospital with displaced hip fractures who require hemiarthroplasty or open reduction internal fixation or with spinal instability/fractures in need of urgent surgical intervention will be enrolled in the study.

Where it is running

• Sharp Memorial Hospital — San Diego, California, United States

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