Preadmission Skin Wipe Use for Surgical Site Infection Prophylaxis in Adult Orthopaedic Surgery Patients
Status:
Terminated
Trial end date:
2020-12-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
Intervention: This study will involve three different study arms with different interventions
prior to surgery: (1) shower only, (2) shower plus Theraworx wipes, (3) shower plus
chlorhexidine wipes
Study Design: Single center RCT
Sample Size: 500 patients, aged 18+
Objectives: Primary Objectives:
1. Monitor for safety and adverse effects.
2. Evaluate for differences in peri-operative skin cultures between treatment groups;
3. Compare surgical site infection rates between groups.
Secondary Objectives:
1. Assess for patient compliance for each different treatment arms.
2. Measure patient satisfaction.
3. Measure nurse satisfaction.
4. Visual assessment of wound healing
Expected Results: We expect no statistically significant difference in peri-operative
cultures or surgical site infection rates between groups.