Pre-operative Alcohol Skin Solutions in Fractured Extremities
Completed · Phase 4
Conditions studied: Surgical Site Infection, Unplanned Fracture-Related Reoperation, Open Appendicular Fracture, Closed Lower Extremity Fracture, Pelvic Fracture
In brief
The prevention of infection is an important goal influencing peri-operative care of extremity fracture patients. Standard practice in the operative management of extremity fractures includes sterile technique and pre-operative skin preparation with an antiseptic solution. The available solutions kill bacteria and decrease the quantity of native skin flora, thereby decreasing surgical site infection (SSI). While there is extensive guidance on specific procedures for prophylactic antibiotic use and standards for sterile technique, the evidence regarding the choice of antiseptic skin preparation solution is very limited for extremity fracture surgery.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT03523962
- Run by
- University of Maryland, Baltimore
- People needed
- 8485
- Starts
- 2018-08-21
- Expected to finish
- 2024-02-02
- Last updated by the study team
- 2024-10-04
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
Where it is running
- University of California, Irvine — Irvine, California, United States
- Cedars Sinai — Los Angeles, California, United States
- Regional Medical Center of San Jose — San Jose, California, United States
- Indiana University Health Methodist Hospital — Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
- Louisiana State University — Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States
- University of Maryland, R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center — Baltimore, Maryland, United States
- University of Maryland Capital Region Health — Cheverly, Maryland, United States
- Massachusetts General Hospital — Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Brigham and Women's Hospital — Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- University of Mississippi Medical Center — Jackson, Mississippi, United States
- Bryan Health — Lincoln, Nebraska, United States
- Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center — Hanover, New Hampshire, United States
- Carolinas Medical Center, Atrium Health Musculoskeletal Institute — Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
- Duke University Hospital — Durham, North Carolina, United States
- Wake Forest Baptist University Medical Center — Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States
- University of Cincinnati Medical Center — Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
- Case Western / MetroHealth Medical Center — Cleveland, Ohio, United States
- University of Pennsylvania — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
- Greenville Health System — Greenville, South Carolina, United States
- Sanford Health — Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States
- San Antonio Military Medical Center — San Antonio, Texas, United States
- University of Utah — Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
- Inova Health System Foundation / Inova Fairfax Hospital — Falls Church, Virginia, United States
- University of Wisconsin — Madison, Wisconsin, United States
- Royal Columbia Hospital — New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
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