Device to Reduce Surgery Site Contamination - Spine

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Surgery

In brief

The objective of this study is to determine whether the Air Barrier System device reduces airborne colony-forming units (e.g. bacteria) present at a surgery site during spinal procedures.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01262105

Run by

Nimbic Systems, LLC

People needed

23

Starts

2009-11-01

Expected to finish

2010-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2012-04-11

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• Candidate for instrumented posterior lumbar interbody fusion

You may not qualify if…

• Prior history of infection
• Revision surgery
• Screens positive for MRSA

Where it is running

• Texas Orthopedic Hospital — Houston, Texas, United States

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