RECRUITING

Skin Preparation for Elective Foot and Ankle Surgery

Study Overview

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Description

Surgical site infections (SSIs) make about 31% of all nosocomial infections and they are the most common hospital-acquired infection. For foot and ankle elective interventions, SSI rate is reported between 0.4% and 3.6%. This study will investigate the effectiveness of skin cleaning with isopropyl alcohol and scrubbing with chlorhexidine soap before standard skin preparation in reducing microbial load and surgical site infections for elective foot and ankle surgeries. Current standard of care includes skin preparation with iodine or chlorhexidine solution prior to sterile draping and the start of surgery. Standard of care will be applied to all patients. The use of an additional "pre-scrub" with isopropyl alcohol and scrubbing with chlorhexidine soap will be applied to the experimental group. The control group will receive only the standard of care skin preparation with iodine or chlorhexidine solution prior to draping.

Official Title

Skin Preparation for Elective Foot and Ankle Surgery

Quick Facts

Study Start:2022-02-15
Study Completion:2025-12
Study Type:Not specified
Phase:Not Applicable
Enrollment:Not specified
Status:RECRUITING

Study ID

NCT05401292

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Ages Eligible for Study:18 Years
Sexes Eligible for Study:ALL
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:No
Standard Ages:ADULT, OLDER_ADULT
Inclusion CriteriaExclusion Criteria
  1. * patients undergoing elective foot and ankle surgeries
  2. * age over 18
  1. * trauma as the indication for surgery
  2. * open injuries
  3. * non-elective procedures
  4. * amputations
  5. * prior surgical site infection through the planned incision
  6. * pregnancy. All potential participants of child-bearing potential follow the standard pre-operative protocol to ensure they are not in pregnant status prior to SOC surgical procedure.

Contacts and Locations

Study Contact

Stacee Baker, MEd, BSN, RN
CONTACT
5738849017
staceebaker@health.missouri.edu
Kyle Schweser, MD
CONTACT

Study Locations (Sites)

University of Missouri
Columbia, Missouri, 65211
United States

Collaborators and Investigators

Sponsor: University of Missouri-Columbia

Study Record Dates

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Study Registration Dates

Study Start Date2022-02-15
Study Completion Date2025-12

Study Record Updates

Study Start Date2022-02-15
Study Completion Date2025-12

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

  • Microbial Colonization
  • Foot and Ankle Disorders