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Eliminate Risk of Cardiac Surgical Site Events

NCT01425697 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 739

Last updated 2013-07-02

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of the study is to see if using 2% Chlorhexidine cloths will reduce surgical site infections in patients having elective cardiac surgery.

Conditions

  • Surgical Site Infections

Interventions

OTHER

2% Chlorhexidine Gluconate cloths

2% chlorhexidine Gluconate wipes will bw used 12 hours prior to cardiac surgery and then again 3 hours prior to cardiac surgery. Subjects will be randomized to either receive a preoperative phone call reminder or no phone call reminder.

OTHER

Standard of Care preoperative preparation.

Preoperative standard of care preparation utilized at the clinical site will be used. Subjects will be randomized to either receive a preoperative phone call reminder or no phone call reminder.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Sage Products, Inc.

    collaborator INDUSTRY

  • University of Rochester

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Michael Ackerman, DNS · University of Rochester

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-11-30
Primary Completion
2012-07-31
Completion
2012-09-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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