Improving Case Selection for Perioperative S. Aureus Transmission Surveillance to Reduce Surgical Site Infections
Withdrawn before enrolling
Conditions studied: S. Aureus Transmission
In brief
The first patient in the dyad will receive the bundle, which includes patient decolonization methods, environmental cleaning in the OR, a hand hygiene system located on the IV pole for the anesthesia provider, and intravascular catheter and syringe tip disinfection practices. The second patient in the dyad will receive usual care. Both patients will be surveyed by obtaining swab samples at the beginning and end of the surgery using the OR PathTrac kits. The OR PathTrac software (RDB Bioinformatics, Omaha, NE 68154) uses algorithms to guide analysis of the S. aureus isolates and to identify transmission events. Transmission stories are processed by the software to generate transmission maps that identify improvement successes and failures. It also identifies actionable steps to improve the bundle. The perioperative infection control team then uses this information to continually optimize the bundle, and the software to measure the effect.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT04299737
- Run by
- Randy Loftus
- People needed
- 0
- Starts
- 2020-03-09
- Expected to finish
- 2021-08-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2021-07-12
Who can join
Age: 18 and older, up to 120. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Patients scheduled to undergo oncologic gynecological and plastic surgery requiring general/regional anesthesia.
- informed, written consent.
You may not qualify if…
- Patients <18 years of age.
- Patients scheduled to undergo procedures outside of the surgical service lines listed above.
- Patients not requiring general or regional anesthesia.
- Patients who have a documented allergy or have an allergic reaction to to iodine, shellfish, or chlorhexidine.
- Patients who have not provided informed, written consent.
Where it is running
- University of Iowa — Iowa City, Iowa, United States
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