Apprehending micro-organisms injected during anaesthesia: the 'Zbugs' randomised controlled trial to reduce surgical site infectio

Not Applicable

Withdrawn

• Conditions: Surgical site infection due to microbiological contamination of intravenous drugs administered during anaesthesia; Anaesthesiology - Other anaesthesiology; Infection - Studies of infection and infectious agents

• Registration Number: ACTRN12614001196639
• Lead Sponsor: the University of Auckland

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2014-11-13
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Withdrawn
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 200

Inclusion Criteria

The participants are anaesthetic specialists, trainees and other medical officers willing to take part in the study, who will undertake 11,000 cases (a case is defined as one patient undergoing general or regional anaesthesia on one occasion). The cases are elective or acute hip or knee arthroplasty, or elective cardiothoracic surgery under general anaesthesia with or without regional anaesthesia, or under regional anaesthesia with sedation in adult patients (i.e. 16 years of age or over). We shall attempt to include all eligible cases started during normal working hours on Mondays to Fridays when the researchers and the participant anaesthetist are both available.

Exclusion Criteria

Procedures other than hip or knee arthroplasty or elective cardiac surgery will be excluded. Participating anaesthetists will be able to exclude cases if any clinical reasons to do so emerge, including any request by a patient to opt out of the study

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified