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Surgical site infection (SSI) following spinal surgery is a frequent complication and results in higher morbidity, mortality and healthcare costs. SSI following adult spinal surgery is a frequent complication that has been reported to occur in 0.7-12.0% of patients and result in higher postoperative morbidity, mortality and health care costs. Vanderbilt University Medical Center SSI rate is 7%. Treatment for SSI can be challenging often requiring revision surgery, long-term antibiotics, and prolonged hospitalization. The accurate identification of risk factors is thus important in the development of strategies to prevent these potentially devastating infections. This study proposes a randomized, controlled trial of neuro-spine patients of 2% chlorhexidine gluconate skin preparation cloths for the prevention of post op surgical site infections in spine patients. Use of CHG cloths the night before and morning of surgery (neckline to toes) will affect (decrease rates) of SSI compared to patients who receive routine standard of care (soap and water pre-op, day of surgery and daily post-operative).


Clinical Trial Description

Pre-operatively patients scheduled for neurosurgical spine cases will be evaluated and approached for interest, if consenting process completed, patients will be randomized to one of 2 arms in 1:1 through a block randomization table. Those enrolled into the study arm will receive the CHG cloths and instructions for use from research personal. Those randomized to the control arm will receive standard of care skin cleansing by nursing staff. All subjects who have signed consent will have a skin swab culture taken the day of screening and prior to cleansing with Chlorhexidine gluconate wipes close to the intended incision line. The investigators will also obtain skin swab cultures at site of incision preoperatively on the day of surgery, post-op day 4 or time of discharge and at the 30 day follow up. Both groups will be evaluated daily by study personnel for the development of SSI until post-op day 4 or hospital discharge whichever one comes first. After dressing removal, a daily high definition picture will be taken of the incision line to further document signs of SSI development (pictures will not have any patient identifiable information). Additional evaluations will take place at the 30 day (+/- 7 days) post-op visit. Blinded evaluators utilizing the CDC guideline will grade the incision line for presence of SSI. Measured change in skin flora will be performed by comparing skin swab cultures of intervention group versus standard of care group and individual changes pre and post operatively. ;


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NCT number NCT02490631
Study type Interventional
Source Vanderbilt University Medical Center
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Status Completed
Phase Phase 3
Start date August 2015
Completion date December 31, 2018

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