Intraoperative Hygiene Measures and Surgical Site Infections

NCT00555815 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 1032

Last updated 2007-11-09

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Surgical site infections are associated with high morbidity and cost Hypothesis: Extended intraoperative hygiene measures decrease surgical site infections in general surgery compared to standard hygiene measures.

Conditions

  • Surgery
  • Surgical Site Infection
  • Hygiene
  • Discipline
  • Colorectal Surgery

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Insel Gruppe AG, University Hospital Bern

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Daniel Candinas, MD · Department of Visceral and Transplant Surgery

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2005-07-31
Completion
2007-01-31

Countries

  • Switzerland

Study Locations

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