Efficacy of Surgical Skin Preparation Solutions in Hip Arthroplasty Surgery
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2016-04-06
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
This study will assess the efficacy of two of the most commonly used surgical
skin-preparation solutions: Chloraprep (chlorhexidine-alcohol) and Duraprep (iodine-alcohol)
at eliminating bacteria from the hip site by evaluating the residual bacteria present
following surgical skin-preparation.