Ambulatory screening and decontamination to prevent STaphylococcus AUreus complications in patients with elective surgery
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- MRSA and MSSA colonization upon hospital admission
- Registration Number
- DRKS00016615
- Lead Sponsor
- Kliniken Landkreis Heidenheim gGmbH
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 8054
Inclusion Criteria
Patients with elective surgery and high-risk interventions (inpatient and outpatient surgical procedures from the fields of general and trauma surgery, urology and gynecology, as well as cardiac catheterization) at the Heidenheim Clinic
Exclusion Criteria
Patients below 18 years old and emergency patients
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Colonisation with MRSA and MSSA upon hospital admission
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Infection rates, post-operative MRSA colonization, incremental costs (ambulatory and hospital costs), Patient satisfaction (paper based questionnaire), Acceptance by providers (GPs and their teams)