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Skin Preparation for Elective Foot and Ankle Surgery
Led by University of Missouri-Columbia · Updated on 2026-04-27
100
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
250 weeks
Total Duration
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What this Trial Is About
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.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Skin Preparation for Elective Foot and Ankle Surgery
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Patients undergoing elective foot and ankle surgeries
- Age over 18
You will not qualify if you...
- Trauma as the indication for surgery
- Open injuries
- Non-elective procedures
- Amputations
- Prior surgical site infection through the planned incision
- 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.
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
University of Missouri
Columbia, Missouri, United States, 65211
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
V
Vicki L Jones, MEd, CCRP
CONTACT
K
Kyle Schweser, MD
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How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
DOUBLE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
OTHER
Number of Arms
2
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