Wound Irrigation Comparative Effectiveness Study
Recruiting
N/A
Interventional Study
Cutibacterium Acnes Contamination
No Placebo Group
Every participant receives an active treatment — no one gets a placebo.
Healthy Volunteers Welcome
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
At a Glance
- Age
- 18 and older
- Sex
- Any
- Study type
- Interventional
- Purpose
- Treatment
- Participants needed
- 126 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- Orthopaedic Education and Research Institute (dba Hoag Orthopedics) · Other
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About This Trial
The primary objective of this study is to compare the presence of C acnes in bacteriologic cultures taken from participant samples of subcutaneous and deep tissue prior to deep surgical irrigation using either Normal Saline Irrigation (Group 1) or Irrisept Irrigation (Group 2). Secondary objectives are evaluation of patient reported outcome measures and range of motion in relation to C acnes prese…
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Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
• Ault patients requiring Total Shoulder Arthroplasty
Exclusion Criteria:
* Age younger than 18 years
* History of shoulder infection
* Antibiotic therapy within 2 weeks of surgery
* Cortisone infiltration within 3 months prior to surgery
* Allergy to CHG
* Diagnosis of rheuma…
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