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Last refreshed on: 12 December 2020
Main ID:  NCT02560155
Date of registration: 16/09/2015
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: Lindenhofgruppe AG
Public title: Preoperative Decolonization and Surgical Site Infections - a Prospective Randomized Trial DECO-SSI
Scientific title: Preoperative Decolonization and Surgical Site Infections - a Prospective Randomized Trial (DECO-SSI Trial)
Date of first enrolment: November 2015
Target sample size: 1300
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02560155
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Prevention. Masking: Single (Outcomes Assessor).  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Switzerland
Contacts
Name:     Jan Brügger, Dr. med.
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Affiliation:  Lindenhofgruppe AG
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- patient older than 16 years

- patient undergoing elective orthopedic procedure at the Sonnenhof hospital

- decolozination protocol can be performed timely

- signed informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

- no orthopedic surgery planned

- allergy to mupirocin or chlorhexidine

- presence of a nasal foreign body

- no informed consent

- pregnancy

- decolozination protocol can't be followed timely

- patients undergoing treatment/surgery for a documented infection



Age minimum: 16 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Surgical Site Infection
Orthopedic Disorders
Intervention(s)
Drug: Chlorhexidine sol 4%
Drug: Mupirocin 2% nasal ointement
Primary Outcome(s)
Overall number of participants with surgical site infections 3 months postoperatively [Time Frame: 3 months]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Number of participants with surgical site infections at 1 and 3 months postoperatively [Time Frame: 1 and 3 months]
Secondary ID(s)
14-11-F
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Lindenhofstiftung
Clinical Trials Unit Bern (CTU)
Labormedizinisches Zentrum Dr. Risch
Ethics review
Results
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