Air Barrier System Device to Reduce Contamination in Posterior Spine Surgery

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Surgery

In brief

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

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01559506

Run by

Nimbic Systems, LLC

People needed

41

Starts

2011-11-01

Expected to finish

2015-02-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-03-17

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• Adult patients undergoing lumbar and cervical laminectomy with instrumentation.

You may not qualify if…

• Active infection
• Prior prosthesis infection

Where it is running

• Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center — Houston, Texas, United States

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