Skin and Soft Tissue Infection (SSTI) Study

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2017-05-30
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine if the use Provodine as an antiseptic and hand wash once daily for at least 7 days will have better healing, better health outcomes, fewer treatment failures and fewer infections themselves and among their household contacts than those who do not use Provodine.

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
• Treatments: Povidone; Povidone-Iodine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Skin abscess

• Treatment requiring incision and drainage

Exclusion Criteria:

• Unable or unwilling to provide informed consent

• Homeless, incarcerated, or living in a group home

• Abscess on the face or breast

• Abscess requiring surgical drainage in the operating room or requiring admission to the hospital

• Intravenous drug users

• Previous enrollment in this study

• Documented history of iodine sensitivity