Reducing Surgical Site Infection Rates Using an Alternative Sternal Dressing
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Conditions studied: Wound of Skin
In brief
This study will evaluate two alternative dressings compared to a standard Island dressing presently in use at Stanford Hospital to determine reductions in surgical site infection (SSI) rates among cardiac surgery patients. Cardiovascular surgery patients who will have a sternotomy incision as a routine part of their surgery will be approached to voluntarily participate. Participants will be randomized to one of three dressing to determine which dressing has the lowest rate of sternal wound infection. The investigators will also assess the impact of alternative dressing use on hospital 30-day readmission rates related to SSI.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT03346694
- Run by
- Stanford University
- People needed
- 660
- Starts
- 2018-05-01
- Expected to finish
- 2035-05-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2022-10-26
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Participants who will undergo cardiac surgery via a sternotomy incision.Inclusion criteria will be patients having surgical valve, CABGs, aortic dissection, myectomy and myotomy, Cox MAZE, Myocardial bridge Un-roofing
You may not qualify if…
- Patients undergoing heart transplants, Ventricular Assist Device (VAD), with postoperative courses complicated by tamponade, take-backs, and open chest incisions will also be excluded.
Where it is running
- Stanford Healthcare — Stanford, California, United States (enrolling)
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