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Surgical Prep in Hand Surgery

NCT01676051 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 240

Last updated 2017-10-31

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purposes of this study are to identify the common bacterial flora on the hand and evaluate the efficacy of readily available skin-preparation solutions in the elimination of bacterial pathogens from the surgical site following skin preparation. The null hypothesis is that there is no difference in the efficacy of Chloraprep, Duraprep, and betadine in pre-operative skin preparation in clean, elective hand surgery cases.

Conditions

  • Surgical Scrubbing
  • Disinfection

Interventions

OTHER

Skin culture

Culture swab used to culture skin adjacent to incision

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Pittsburgh

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • John Fowler, MD · University of Pittsburgh

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
89 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-12-31
Primary Completion
2014-12-31
Completion
2017-10-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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