A multicenter study to investigate characteristics of bacterial wound contamination in clean orthopaedic surgeries

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: Clean Orthopaedic Surgeries

• Registration Number: JPRN-UMIN000003360
• Lead Sponsor: Surgical Site Infection Prevention Project(SSIPP) workgroup meeting

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2010-03-19
• Last Update Posted: 17 October 2023

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 700

Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

1)patients who had received any anti-microbial agents during the week before surgery, 2)surgery involving the infected site, 3)patients with skin trouble in surgical site, 4)hand surgery, 5)foot surgery, 6)arthroscopic surgery, 7)patients with renal failure (serum creatinine level of more than 1.5 microgram/dl at admission), 8)patients receiving hemodialysis, 9)operation longer than 6 hours, 10)open fracture, 11)nonunion, 12)peripheral nerve surgery, 13)tuberculous spondylitis, 14)antimicrobial prophylaxis other than cefazolin, 15)re-operation, 16)external fixation, 17)percutaneous pinning, 18)patients who are pregnant, 19)patients less than 20 years old, 20)patients with allergy to the beta-lactam antibiotics, 21)patients of iodine hypersensitivity, 22)patients receiving multiple operations in the same day, 23)intraoperative radiotherapy 24)operation with unexpected dirty procedures.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Observational
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Incidence of bacterial wound contamination increases after normal saline irrigation in clean orthopaedic surgeries.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
(1)Characteristics of the isolated bacteria. (2)Incidence of MRSA contamination. (3)Risk factors of bacterial wound contamination.