Health Condition 1: M968- Other intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of musculoskeletal system, not elsewhere classified Health Condition 2: null- Patients posted for clean orthopedic surgery with hardware implants.
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: Bundled Intervention: a. Screening: Using a sterile cotton swab, the anterior nares of the eligible patients will be swabbed during scheduled pre-operative clinic visits (usually 10-14
Sponsors
AIIMS hospital
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients posted for clean orthopedic surgery with hardware implants
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: i) Patients under 18 years of age ii) Patients who refuse to give informed consent iii) Patients with revision and/or dirty surgeries or with pre-existing infections at the surgical site.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Establishment of Bundled intervention as a standard pre-operative preventive measure to reduce surgical site infections among patients undergoing clean orthopedic surgery with hardware implants.Timepoint: To end of the study (09.10.22) | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Costing of bundled intervention versus current standard practice/patient.Timepoint: To end of the study (09.10.22);To compare the incidence of surgical site infections between intervention group asnd control group.Timepoint: To the end of the study (09.10.22) | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactDr Benu Dhawan
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
Outcome results
None listed